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General Assembly Substitute Bill No. 6438
January Session, 2021
AN ACT MAKING DEFICIENCY AND ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS
FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2021, AND CARRYING
FUNDS FORWARD FOR TH E BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2023.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (Effective from passage) The following sums are appropriated 1
from the GENERAL FUND for the purposes herein specified for the 2
fiscal year ending June 30, 2021: 3
T1 GENERAL FUND 2020-2021
T2
T3 OFFICE OF POLICY AND MANAGEMENT
T4 Private Providers 50,000,000
T5
T6 DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
T7 State Insurance and Risk Mgmt. Operations 1,000,000
T8
T9 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
T10 American School for the Deaf 600,000
T11
T12 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
T13 Capital Region Development Authority 5,600,000
T14
T15 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER
T16 Personal Services 500,000 Substitute Bill No. 6438
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T17
T18 DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH AND
ADDICTION SERVICES
T19 Professional Services 5,900,000
T20 Discharge and Diversion Services 3,000,000
T21
T22 UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER
T23 Operating Expenses 50,000,000
T24
T25 DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION
T26 Personal Services 2,000,000
T27 Inmate Medical Services 2,000,000
T28
T29 TOTAL – GENERAL FUND 120,600,000
Sec. 2. (Effective from passage) The following sums are appropriated 4
from the TOURISM FUND for the purposes herein specified for the 5
fiscal year ending June 30, 2021: 6
T30 TOURISM FUND 2020-2021
T31
T32 DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
T33 Statewide Marketing 15,000,000
T34
T35 TOTAL – TOURISM FUND 15,000,000
Sec. 3. (Effective from passage) The amount appropriated to the 7
following agency in section 1 of public act 19-117, as amended by section 8
7 of public act 19-1 of the December special session, is reduced by the 9
following amount for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2021: 10
T36 GENERAL FUND 2020-2021
T37
T38 DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
T39 Medicaid 128,000,000
T40
T41 TOTAL – GENERAL FUND 128,000,000 Substitute Bill No. 6438
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Sec. 4. (Effective from passage) The amount appropriated in section 1 of 11
his act to The University of Connecticut Health Center, for Operating 12
Expenses, shall be available to reduce the operating deficit for The 13
University of Connecticut Health Center. Notwithstanding the 14
provisions of section 10a-105 of the general statutes, such amount shall 15
not be eligible for fringe benefit recovery by The University of 16
Connecticut Health Center from the Comptroller's General Fund fringe 17
benefit accounts. 18
Sec. 5. (Effective from passage) The Secretary of the Office of Policy and 19
Management shall allocate funds appropriated in section 1 of this act to 20
the Office of Policy and Management, for Private Providers, to support 21
funding increases for private providers of health and human services 22
contracted by the state. The secretary shall transfer such funds to the 23
affected contracting agencies. Not later than July 1, 2021, the Secretary 24
of the Office of Policy and Management shall report, in accordance with 25
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of 26
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to 27
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies, on the amount of such 28
funds paid to each contracted provider by contracting agency and 29
account. 30
Sec. 6. (Effective from passage) Up to $128,260,401 of the unexpended 31
balance of funds appropriated to the Department of Social Services, for 32
Medicaid, in section 1 of public act 19-117, as amended by section 7 of 33
public act 19-1 of the December special session, shall not lapse on June 34
30, 2021, and such funds shall be transferred and made available as 35
follows: 36
(1) Up to $1,500,000 to Medicaid, for each of the fiscal years ending 37
June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, to fund the state share of an increase in 38
the personal needs allowance to seventy-five dollars; 39
(2) Up to $150,000 to Other Expenses, for each of the fiscal years 40
ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, for the following grants in each 41 Substitute Bill No. 6438
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said fiscal year: $100,000 to the Jewish Federation Association of 42
Connecticut (JFACT) and $50,000 to New Covenant Center in Stamford; 43
(3) Up to $4,000,000 to the Connecticut Airport Authority, for each of 44
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023; 45
(4) Up to $2,500,000 for deposit into the passport to the parks account 46
established pursuant to section 23-15h of the general statutes, for each 47
of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023; 48
(5) (A) Up to $14,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and 49
up to $15,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, to the 50
Connecticut State Colleges and Universities, for Debt Free Community 51
College; 52
(B) Up to $21,332,962 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and up 53
to $22,165,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, to the Connecticut 54
State Colleges and Universities, for Community Tech College System; 55
(C) Up to $8,052,605 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and up 56
to $8,822,583 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, to the Connecticut 57
State Colleges and Universities, for Connecticut State University; 58
(D) Notwithstanding any provision of the general statutes, any 59
amount transferred pursuant to this subdivision shall not be eligible for 60
fringe benefit recovery by The Connecticut State Colleges and 61
Universities from the Comptroller's General Fund fringe benefit 62
accounts. 63
(6) Up to $7,516,899 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, and up to 64
$8,570,352 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, to The University of 65
Connecticut, for Operating Expenses, provided such amounts shall not 66
be eligible for fringe benefit recovery by The University of Connecticut 67
from the Comptroller's General Fund fringe benefit accounts; 68
(7) (A) Up to $300,000 to the Department of Children and Families, 69
for Other Expenses, for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and 70 Substitute Bill No. 6438
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June 30, 2023, for the following grants in each said fiscal year: $100,000 71
to True Colors, Inc., $100,000 to ‘r kids Family Center, and $100,000 to 72
Madonna Place; 73
(B) Up to $500,000 to the Department of Children and Families, for 74
Youth Service Bureaus and Juvenile Review Boards, for each of the fiscal 75
years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023; 76
(8) Up to $100,000 to the Department of Correction, for Community 77
Support Services, for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and 78
June 30, 2023, for a grant in each said fiscal year to EMERGE 79
Connecticut, Inc.; 80
(9) Up to $50,000 to the Department of Housing, for Housing 81
Homeless Services, for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and 82
June 30, 2023, for a grant in each said fiscal year to House of Bread; 83
(10) Up to $100,000 to the Labor Department, for Other Expenses, for 84
each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, for a 85
grant in each said fiscal year to Stamford Cradle to Career; 86
(11) Up to $800,000 to the Judicial Department, for Other Expenses, 87
for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, for 88
the following grants in each said fiscal year: $150,000 to RYASAP 89
Bridgeport, $250,000 to Upper Albany Neighborhood Collaborative, 90
$100,000 to the Connecticut Violence Intervention Program, $100,000 to 91
Hartford Communities That Care, $100,000 to Street Safe Bridgeport, 92
and $100,000 to the Prudence Crandall Center; 93
(12) Up to $250,000 to the Office of Policy and Management, for 94
Project Longevity, for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and 95
June 30, 2023; and 96
(13) Up to $1,150,000 to the Department of Education, for Other 97
Expenses, for each of the fiscal years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 98
2023, for the following grants in each said fiscal year: $100,000 to Color 99
a Positive Thought Bridgeport, $250,000 to Wilson-Gray YMCA, 100 Substitute Bill No. 6438
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$100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of Stamford, $150,000 to Reach Out 101
and Read, $100,000 to the Walter Luckett Foundation, $100,000 to 102
Andover, Hebron and Marlborough (AHM) Youth and Family Services, 103
$100,000 to the Boys & Girls Club of New London and $250,000 to Youth 104
Arts. 105
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 from passage New section
Sec. 2 from passage New section
Sec. 3 from passage New section
Sec. 4 from passage New section
Sec. 5 from passage New section
Sec. 6 from passage New section
APP Joint Favorable Subst.