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Joint Fiscal Office outlines H.5951 budget; contingency list and tax-accounting shifts flagged
Summary
Emily Burns of the Joint Fiscal Office told the Appropriations Committee the H.5951 Appropriations Act totals about $9.37 billion, highlighted a contingency list and accounting shifts (transfers vs appropriations), and described program moves such as a school-based Medicaid administration transfer to AHS; members reserved judgment and planned a committee vote tomorrow.
Emily Burns of the Joint Fiscal Office gave the committee a high-level overview of H.5951, saying "there is a 3 point 9.37 unduplicated billion dollar budget." She told members that roughly 35% of the budget is federal funds (largely Medicaid) and that the general and education funds each account for about 27% of appropriations.
Burns explained that the senate bill includes a contingency list and that it is unclear whether FY2026 revenues will be sufficient to fund those items. She said the bill as drafted would first backfill certain transfers into the technology modernization fund and then allocate any remaining contingency dollars pursuant to the statutory waterfall (50% to the rainy day fund, 25% to teachers' retirement and 25% to state employees' retirement, cited in the bill as "32 3 0 8 c").
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