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House advances deficiency bill after heated budget debate; governor declares Medicaid emergency
Summary
The Connecticut House passed a FY2025 deficiency package after hours of debate over a roughly $555 million shortfall, including a $284 million Medicaid gap the governor characterized as "extraordinary circumstances." Lawmakers pressed for details on pharmacy and corrections overruns as the Appropriations chair outlined a mix of lapses, federal reimbursements and reserves to cover the gap.
Hartford — The Connecticut House on May 21 passed a deficiency appropriations package to close a multihundred-million-dollar shortfall in the current fiscal year after protracted floor debate about what is driving the gap.
Representative Toni Walker, chair of the Appropriations Committee, told colleagues the proposal is intended to address approximately $555 million in projected deficiencies through a mix of identified lapses, operational revenues and the governors emergency declaration for Medicaid. Walker said the pharmacy prescription drug line accounted for about $90 million of the current shortfall and that Medicaid represented the largest single driver of the gap.
"Medicaid is the program by which we pay for the medical bills of those…
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