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Health insurance increase proposals fail after debate over reserves, risk charges
Summary
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee debated two rival health insurance baseline proposals for FY2026 but failed to adopt either the CEC-recommended $13,960 per eligible FTP or the governor's $14,300 proposal.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee debated two competing proposals to set the base health insurance amount per eligible full-time position for FY2026 but failed to adopt either.
Keith Bybee, the Division Manager of the Budget Policy Analysis Division, presented the options and packet language. The Economic Outlook and Revenue Assessment/CEC committee recommended setting the health insurance base to $13,960 per eligible FTP; the governor’s recommendation (and a second motion on the table) would have set that base at $14,300 per eligible FTP. Committee members heard two separate recorded roll-call votes: the CEC substitute motion failed for lack of a House majority and the governor’s original…
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