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Joint Budget Committee approves $7.5 million WIC supplemental request, directs staff to draft bill clarifying shutdown authority
Summary
The Joint Budget Committee approved a $7.5 million general-fund supplemental for the WIC program and unanimously authorized staff to draft legislation that would narrow authority and establish guardrails for using state funds if federal WIC funding lapses during a federal shutdown.
The Joint Budget Committee voted unanimously to approve a $7,500,000 interim supplemental request to support the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program and authorized staff to draft legislation clarifying when the committee and administration could use state funds to backfill federal funding during a federal shutdown.
Craig Harper, JBC staff, presented the revised request from the Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and a governor's office letter submitted Monday. Harper said the $7,500,000 would be an over-expenditure to the WIC line item, which he described as a total appropriation of $88,100,000, including a roughly $126,000 general-fund amount tied to CBMS costs and about $88,000,000 in federal funds (rounded). "The request is for $7,500,000 of general fund as an over expenditure…
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