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Budget subcommittee votes to reject proposed reduction to opioid settlement spending
Summary
The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 voted 2-0 to reject a proposed reduction in opioid-settlement-related expenditures recommended by the administration; Department of Finance stated the proposal was not in the governor's budget and the administration opposes the cut.
The Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 voted on March 10 to reject a proposal to reduce expenditures related to opioid settlement funds.
The committee "vote[d] on rejecting this proposal," the chair said, after a brief discussion about prior hearings that had examined naloxone distribution and overdose-prevention programs. A roll call recorded two affirmative votes and the chair declared the motion passed.
A Department of Finance representative, Christine Turbine, told the committee the administration opposed the proposal and noted it was not reflected in the governor's budget. Committee members recalled an earlier subcommittee action that had rejected a prior administration proposal to reallocate settlement funds away from a naloxone distribution program.
A lawmaker asked why the Department of Public Health was proposing a reduction in this area; the committee chair explained the current action implements the committee's recommendation to reject the reduction. The motion was made and the roll call yielded two recorded aye votes; the chair announced the motion passed.
The committee did not identify a mover or seconder on the record during the public audio excerpt, and no further substantive amendments were recorded during the item.
