LCO No. 987 1 of 2 General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 5601 January Session, 2021 LCO No. 987 Referred to Committee on APPROPRIATIONS Introduced by: REP. GILCHREST, 18th Dist. AN ACT INCREASING FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened: That a total of sixty-seven million dollars be appropriated to the 1 Department of Social Services, the Department of Developmental 2 Services and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, 3 from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and a 4 total of fifty-one million dollars be appropriated to said departments, 5 from the General Fund, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and that 6 the general statutes be amended to require appropriations to said 7 departments from the General Fund in the amount of fifty-four million 8 dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024, thirty-four million 9 dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and thirty-five million 10 dollars for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, with all said 11 appropriations being for the purpose of increasing funding for 12 nonprofit providers of health and human services. 13 Proposed Bill No. 5601 LCO No. 987 2 of 2 Statement of Purpose: To increase funding for certain health and human services nonprofit providers over the next five fiscal years and leverage significant federal matching funds over that period.