Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
Public Act No. 22-146
AN ACT CONCERNING ADDITIONAL ADJUSTMENTS TO THE
STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING JUNE 30, 2023, A
COMMUNITY OMBUDSMAN PROGRAM, CERTAIN MUNICIPAL -
RELATED PROVISIONS, SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT GRANTS
AND HIGH-DEDUCTIBLE HEALTH PLANS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 41 of special act 21-15, as amended by section 306
of public act 21-2 of the June special session, section 3 of special act 22-2
and section 10 of public act 22-118, is amended to read as follows
(Effective from passage):
The following sums are allocated, in accordance with the provisions
of special act 21-1, from the federal funds designated for the state
pursuant to the provisions of section 602 of Subtitle M of Title IX of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to
time, for the annual periods indicated for the purposes described.
FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025
BOARD OF REGENTS
Enhance Student
Retention at Community
Colleges
6,500,000 6,500,000 6,500,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Education Technology
Training at Gateway
100,000
CONNECTICUT STATE
COLLEGES AND
UNIVERSITIES
Healthcare Workforce
Needs - both public and
private schools
20,000,000 15,000,000
Higher Education – CSCU 10,000,000 5,000,000
Provide Operating
Support
118,000,000
Provide Support to
Certain Facilities
5,000,000
Temporary Support -
Charter Oak
500,000
Temporary Support - CT
State Universities
14,500,000
Temporary Support -
Community Colleges
9,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE
Senior Food Vouchers 100,000 100,000
Farmer's Market Nutrition 100,000 100,000
Farm-to-School Grant 250,000 500,000
Food Insecurity Grants to
Food Pantries and Food
Banks
1,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF
DEVELOPMENTAL
SERVICES
Enhance Community
Engagement
Opportunities
2,000,000
Improve Camps 2,000,000
Respite Care for Family
Caregivers
3,000,000 -
One Time Stabilization
Grant
20,000,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Vista 500,000
DEPARTMENT OF
ECONOMIC AND
COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT
Beardsley Zoo 246,121 246,121
Amistad 200,000 200,000
Maritime Center
Authority
196,295 196,295
Mystic Aquarium 177,603 177,603
Music Haven 100,000 100,000
Norwalk Symphony 50,000 50,000
Riverfront Recapture 250,000 250,000
Connecticut Main Street
Center
350,000 350,000
Middletown Downtown
Business District
100,000 100,000
CRDA Economic Support
for Venues
5,000,000 2,500,000
Working Cities Challenge 1,000,000 1,000,000
Charter Oak Temple
Restoration Association
100,000 100,000
West Haven Veterans
Museum
25,000 25,000
VFW Rocky Hill 15,000 15,000
Playhouse on Park 15,000 15,000
Family Justice Center 50,000 50,000
East Hartford Little
League
50,000
Hartford YMCA 1,000,000
ESF/Dream Camp of
Hartford
100,000
Beta Iota Boule
Foundation -Youth
Services
100,000
Legacy Foundation [for
Health and Disparities] of
Hartford
100,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Connecticut Center for
Advanced Technologies
1,000,000
Middlesex YMCA 50,000
Shatterproof 100,000
Summer Experience at
Connecticut's Top Venues
15,000,000
Statewide Marketing 7,107,000
Governor's Workforce
Initiatives
70,000,000
CT Hospitality Industry
Support
30,000,000
Regulatory Modernization 1,000,000
Historic Wooster Square
Association
500,000
Humane
Commission/Animal
Shelter of New Haven
500,000
Ball and Sockets –
Cheshire
200,000
Junta for Progressive
Action
750,000
International Festival of
Arts and Ideas New
Haven
200,000
CT Summer at the
Museum Program
15,000,000
CT Next 2,000,000
Hartford YMCA Family
Programming
500,000
Future, Inc. 1,300,000
Sons of Thunder 100,000
Youth Service Corp 1,100,000
Northside Institution
Neighborhood Alliance
- Historic Preservation
100,000
Amistad Center 200,000
Charter Oak Cultural
Center
200,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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City Seed of New
Haven
200,000
Beta Iota Boule
Foundation
500,000
Legacy Foundation of
Hartford
500,000
Bartlem Park South 250,000
[Teams, Inc.] Team, Inc.
- Derby
250,000
[YMCA] YWCA of
Hartford
250,000
WBDC 250,000
Concat New Haven 250,000
Montville Parks and Rec
Tennis Courts
500,000
Vietnam Memorial
Cheshire
200,000
Norwich Historical
Society
500,000
Friends of FOSRV 44,000
Dixwell Church Historic
Preservation
2,000,000
Opportunities
Industrialization Center
150,000
Bernard Buddy Jordan 50,000
Bridgeport Arts
Cultural Council
50,000
McBride Foundation 100,000
Artreach 300,000
Ball and Sockets 400,000
Bridgeport Youth
LaCrosse Academy
25,000
Cape Verdean Women's
Association
25,000
Cardinal Shehan Center 250,000
Caribe 100,000
Cheshire - Plan for
Municipal Parking Lot
150,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Compass Youth
Collaborative
350,000
Dixwell Community
Center
200,000
Emery Park 100,000
Farnam Neighborhood
House
100,000
Flotilla 73, INC 5,000
Municipal Outdoor
Recreation
4,200,000
Greater Bridgeport
Community Enterprises
50,000
Lebanon Pines 300,000
Madison Cultural Art 60,000
Minority Construction
Council, Inc
100,000
Nellie McKnight
Museum
25,000
Blue Hills Civic
Association
500,000 500,000
IMHOTEP CT National
Medical Association
Society
200,000 200,000
Upper Albany
Neighborhood
Collaborative
125,000 125,000
Noah Webster 100,000
Norwalk International
Cultural Exchange /
NICE Festival
50,000
Nutmeg Games 50,000
Parenting Center -
Stamford
250,000
Ridgefield Playhouse 100,000
Sisters at the Shore 50,000
Taftville VFW Auxiliary 100,000
The Knowlton 25,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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The Legacy Foundation
of Hartford, Inc
125,000 125,000
The Ridgefield Theatre
Barn
250,000
Youth Business
Initiative
50,000
DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION
Right to Read 12,860,000 12,860,000
Faith Acts Priority School
Districts
5,000,000 5,000,000
CT Writing Project 79,750 79,750
Ascend Mentoring –
Windsor
150,000 150,000
Women in Manufacturing
- Platt Tech Regional
Vocational Technical
School
65,000 65,000
Elevate Bridgeport 200,000 200,000
Grant to RHAM
Manufacturing Program
22,000 -
East Hartford Youth
Services
200,000
Student Achievement
Through Opportunity
100,000
Summer Camp
Scholarships for Families
3,500,000
New Haven Local Little
League
500,000
Hamden Before and After
School Programming
400,000
Hamden Pre-K
Programming
100,000
Expand Support for
Learner Engagement and
Attendance Program
(LEAP)
7,000,000
Increase College
Opportunities Through
Dual Enrollment
3,500,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Provide Funding for the
American School for the
Deaf
1,115,000
Provide Funding to
Support FAFSA
Completion
500,000
Big Brothers / Big Sisters 2,000,000
Social Worker Grant SB
1
5,000,000
School Mental Health
Workers
15,000,000
School Mental Health
Services Grant
8,000,000
RESC Trauma
Coordinators
1,200,000
ParaEducational
Professional
Development HB 5321
1,800,000
Leadership Education
Athletic Partnership
400,000
Sphere Summer
Program
500,000
Dream Camp
Foundation
1,000,000
Student Achievement
Through Opportunities
300,000
Keane Foundation 300,000
Greater Hartford YMCA 300,000
Free Meals for Students 30,000,000
Summer Enrichment
Funds to cover fifty per
cent required match
8,000,000
YWCA of New Britain 200,000
FRLP/Direct
Certification Census
Assistance
200,000
Drug and Alcohol
[Counciling] Counseling
- Woodstock Academy
200,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Hartford Knights 100,000
BSL Educational
Foundation
100,000
Magnets - Tuition
Coverage for 1 year
11,000,000
Bridgeport Education
Fund
100,000
Haddam-Killingworth
Recreation Department
15,000
Hall Neighborhood House 75,000
New Haven Board of
Education Adult
Education Facility
500,000
New Haven Reads 50,000
Solar Youth 100,000
Bullard-Havens Technical
High School for Operating
50,000
DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
Air Quality Study 20,000 -
Swimming Lessons to
DEEP
500,000 500,000 500,000
Health and Safety Barriers
to Housing Remediation
7,000,000 -
Efficient Energy Retrofit
for Housing
7,000,000 -
Quinnipiac Avenue Canoe
Launch
250,000
Outdoor Recreation with
$1,000,000 for East Rock
Park and $1,000,000 for
West Rock Park for
maintenance, repair and
renovations
22,500,000
Engineering Study for
Dam Removal on
Papermill Pond
500,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Land Trust Boardwalk
Installation
200,000
Clinton Town Beach 55,000
Crystal Lake & Bob
Tedford Park
Renovations
50,000
Ludlowe Park 75,000
Lighthouse Park 500,000
Park Commission
Edgewood Park
800,000
DEPARTMENT OF
HOUSING
Downtown Evening Soup
Kitchen
200,000
Hands on Hartford 100,000
Angel of Edgewood 175,000
Homeless Youth
Transitional Housing
1,000,000
Homeless Services 5,000,000
Southside Institutions
Neighborhood Alliance
500,000
Support for Affordable
Housing
50,000,000
Rental Assistance
Program
1,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH
DPH Loan Repayment 500,000 5,100,000 3,000,000 3,000,000
Obesity & COVID-19
Study
500,000 500,000
Cornell Scott - Hill Health 250,000
Community Violence
Prevention Programs
1,000,000
Promote Healthy and
Lead-Safe Homes
20,000,000 10,000,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Provide Funding to
Address and Respond to
an Increase in Homicides
1,500,000
School Based Health
Centers
10,000,000
Storage and
Maintenance Costs of
COVID 19 Preparedness
Supplies
325,000
CCMC Pediatrician
Training
150,000
Gaylord Hospital
Electronic Records
2,600,000
HB 5272 - Menstrual
Products
2,000,000
Pilot Program for
Promoting Social
Workers and
Pediatrician Offices
2,500,000
ICHC School Based
Health Centers
604,000
Durational Loan
Manager
100,000
Community Health
Worker Association of
Connecticut
100,000
Child Psychiatrist
Workforce
Development
2,000,000
CT VIP Street Outreach 300,000
E-cigarette and Marijuana
Prevention Pilot Program
conducted by Yale to be in
Stamford, Milford, East
Haven
300,000
DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION
Groton Water Taxi 100,000 100,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Free Bus Service for July
and August 2022
5,000,000
Outfit M8 Rail Cars with
5G
23,000,000
Extend Free Bus Service 8,100,000
Replace Infrastructure
Match
150,000,000
Free Bus Public
Transportation Services
8,100,000
LABOR DEPARTMENT
Domestic Worker Grants 200,000 200,000
Veterans Employment
Opportunity PILOT
350,000 350,000
Opportunities for Long
Term Unemployed
Returning Citizens
750,000 750,000
TBICO Danbury Women's
Employment Program
25,000 25,000
Boys and Girls Club
Workforce Development -
Milford
50,000 50,000
Women's Mentoring
Network- Strategic Life
Skills Workshop
5,000 5,000
Senior Jobs Bank - West
Hartford
10,000 10,000
Greater Bridgeport OIC
Job Development and
Training Program
250,000 100,000
Unemployment Trust
Fund
155,000,000 -
Unemployment Support 15,000,000
Reduce State UI Tax on
Employers
40,000,000
CDL Training at
Community Colleges
1,000,000
Bridgeport Workplace 750,000
YouthBuild 750,000
Cradle to Career -
Bridgeport
150,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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LABOR DEPARTMENT -
BANKING FUND
Customized Services for
Mortgage Crisis Jobs
Training Program
550,000 550,000
OFFICE OF EARLY
CHILDHOOD
Care4Kids Parent Fees 5,300,000 -
Parents Fees for 3-4 Year
Old's at State Funded
Childcare Centers
3,500,000 -
Universal Home Visiting 8,000,000 2,300,000
Expand Access -
Apprenticeship
5,000,000
Care4Kids 10,000,000
Early Childhood - Facility
Renovation and
Construction
15,000,000
Capitol Child Day Care
Center
75,000
Childcare
Apprenticeship
Program
1,500,000
School Readiness 30,000,000
Seed Childrens Services
Fund
20,000,000
[Learn to Grow] Start
Early - Early Childhood
Development Initiatives
20,000,000
OFFICE OF HIGHER
EDUCATION
Roberta Willis Need-
Based Scholarships
20,000,000 40,000,000
Summer College Corps 1,500,000 -
Higher Education Mental
Health Services
3,000,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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OFFICE OF POLICY AND
MANAGEMENT
Private Providers 30,000,000 30,000,000
PPE & Supplies 10,000,000 10,000,000
State Employee Essential
Workers and National
Guard Premium Pay
20,000,000 15,000,000
Audits of ARPA
Recipients
1,250,000
COVID Response
Measures
157,500,000
Provide Private Provider
Support-One Time
Payments
20,000,000
Evidence Based
Evaluation of Initiatives
928,779
Support ARPA Grant
Administration
800,000
Statewide GIS Capacity
for Broadband
Mapping/Data and
Other Critical Services
9,532,000
Invest Connecticut [166,915,214]
163,515,214
Bethany Town Hall
Auditorium
350,000
Bethany Town Hall
Windows
350,000
Durham Town Website 25,000
Hall Memorial Library
Reading and Meditation
Garden
66,626
Orange Fire Department
Clock purchase
10,000
Resources to develop a
combined Grammar
School Support between
Hampton and Scotland
25,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Senior Center Outdoor
Fitness Area - Ellington
57,418
South Windsor
Riverfront Linear Park
Study and Planning
100,000
Valley Regional High
School Tennis Courts
300,000
Lebanon Historical
Society
$300,000
Bloomfield Social and
Youth Services
$100,000
Bridgeport – Revenue
Replacement
2,200,000
DEPARTMENT OF
MOTOR VEHICLES
IT Modernization $3,000,000
UNIVERSITY OF
CONNECTICUT
Higher Education –
UConn
20,000,000 5,000,000
Temporary Support 33,200,000
Social Media Impact
Study
500,000
Puerto Rican Studies
Initiative UConn Hartford
500,000
UNIVERSITY OF
CONNECTICUT
HEALTH CENTER
Revenue Impact 35,000,000
University of Connecticut
Health Center
38,000,000 -
Temporary Support 72,700,000
STATE LIBRARY
Mary Cheney Library 500,000
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DEPARTMENT OF
CHILDREN AND
FAMILIES
Fostering Community 10,000 10,000
Casa Boricua-Meriden 50,000 50,000
Children's Mental Health
Initiatives
10,500,000
Child First 5,100,000 5,100,000
Expand Mobile Crisis
Intervention Services
8,600,000 8,600,000
Support Additional
Urgent Crisis Centers and
Sub-Acute Crisis
Stabilization Units
21,000,000
Support for Improved
Outcomes for Youth (YSBs
and JRBs)
2,000,000
Social Determinant
Mental Health Fund
1,000,000 1,000,000
Family Assistance
Grants
1,000,000
Expand Access Mental
Health
990,000
Resource Guide 50,000
Peer to Peer Training for
Students
150,000
Respite for non-DCF
Children
85,000
Children in Placement,
Inc.
25,000
Valley Save Our Youth 70,000
Girls for Technology 100,000
R-Kids 100,000
JUDICIAL
DEPARTMENT
Mothers Against Violence 25,000 25,000
Legal Representation for
Tenant Eviction
10,000,000 10,000,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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New Haven Police
Activities League
100,000
Provide Funding to Build
Out the Juvenile Intake
Custody and Probable
Cause Applications
377,742 363,752
Provide Funding to
Continue Temporary
Staffing for the
Foreclosure Mediation
Program
3,410,901 3,444,293
Provide Funding to
Enhance Contracts for
Direct Service Partnership
for Households and
Families
200,000 200,000
Provide Funding to
Enhance Technology for
Citations and Hearings in
the Criminal Infractions
Bureau
606,915
Provide Funding to
Enhance the Department's
Case Management and
Scheduler Application
1,382,900
Provide Funding to
Establish Video
Conferencing for
Municipal Stations for Bail
and Support Services
60,000
Provide Funding to
Expand Housing
Opportunities for
Individuals on Bail
2,915,614 2,915,614
Provide Funding to Hire
Assistant Clerks and
Family Relations
Counselors to Reduce
Family and Support
Matter Case Backlogs
3,294,851 3,294,851
Provide Funding to
Support Application
923,467 226,337 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Development for Monitor
Note-Taking and
Recording
Provide Increased
Funding for Victim
Service Providers
14,865,300
Provide Remote
Equipment to Reduce
Child Support Backlog
121,600
Inspire Basketball 2,000,000
Children's Law Center 190,000
Brother Carl Hardrick
Institute - Violence
Prevention
400,000
Community Resources for
Justice (Family Reentry)
300,000
DEPARTMENT OF
CORRECTION
TRUE Unit - Cheshire CI 500,000 500,000
WORTH Program York CI 250,000 250,000
Vocational Village Dept
Corrections
20,000,000 -
DEPARTMENT OF
SOCIAL SERVICES
Fair Haven Clinic 10,000,000 -
Workforce Development,
Education and Training
1,000,000
Nursing Home Facility
Support
10,000,000
MyCT Resident One Stop 2,500,000
New Reach Life Haven
Shelter
500,000
Mary Wade 750,000
Community Action
Agencies
5,000,000
Expand
Medical/Psychiatric
Inpatient Unit at
15,000,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Connecticut Children's
Medical Center
Provide Additional
Supports for Victims of
Domestic Violence
2,900,000
Provide Support for Infant
and Early Childhood
Mental Health Services
5,000,000
Strengthen Family
Planning
2,000,000
Community Action
Agencies - Community
Health Workers
3,000,000 4,000,000
Charter Oak Urgent
Care
330,000
ROCA 500,000
Waterbury Seed Funds
for Wheeler Clinic
650,000
Provide Support for
Residential Care Homes
(RCH)
3,700,000
Brain Injury Alliance of
CT
300,000
Hartford Communities
that Care
500,000
Hebrew Senior Care 150,000
Connecticut Health
Foundation
500,000
Health Equity Solutions 500,000
CT Oral Health
Initiative
300,000
Day Kimball Hospital 5,000,000
Mothers United Against
Violence
300,000
Fair Haven 10,000,000
Adult Day 3,000,000
HRA 150,000
Hands on Hartford 100,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Human Resources Agency
of New Britain
300,000
Teeg 200,000
LEGISLATIVE
MANAGEMENT
CTN 1,000,000 -
Review of Title 7 27,000
DEPARTMENT OF
MENTAL HEALTH AND
ADDICTION SERVICES
DMHAS Private Providers 25,000,000 25,000,000
Enhance Mobile Crisis
Services- Case
Management
3,200,000
Enhance Respite Bed
Services for Forensic
Population
4,292,834
Expand Availability of
Privately-Provided Mobile
Crisis Services
6,000,000
Fund Supportive Services
to Accompany New
Housing Vouchers
1,125,000 1,125,000 562,500
Provide Mental Health
Peer Supports in Hospital
Emergency Departments
2,400,000
Implement Electronic
Health Records
16,000,000
Public Awareness
Grants
1,000,000
Peer-to-Peer 500,000
United Services Pilot on
Crisis Intervention
200,000
Clifford Beers 200,000
The Pathfinders
Association
100,000
Fellowship Place New
Haven
150,000
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DEPARTMENT OF
AGING AND
DISABILITY SERVICES
Blind and Deaf
Community Supports
2,000,000
Senior Centers 10,000,000
Meals on Wheels 3,000,000
Respite Care for
Alzheimers
1,000,000
Area Agencies on Aging 4,000,000
Avon Senior Center 100,000
Dixwell Senior Center 100,000
Eisenhower Senior Center 100,000
Orange Senior Center 100,000
Sullivan Senior Center 100,000
DEPARTMENT OF
EMERGENCY SERVICES
AND PUBLIC
PROTECTION
Provide Funding for a
Mobile Crime Laboratory
995,000
Provide Funding for the
Gun Tracing Task Force
2,500,000
Provide Funding to State
and Local Police
Departments to Address
Auto Theft and Violence
2,600,000 2,600,000
Upgrade Forensic
Technology at the State
Crime Lab
1,500,000 1,343,000
Rural Roads Speed
Enforcement
2,600,000
Expand Violet Crimes
Task Force
1,108,000
Online Abuse Grant SB
5
500,000
Fire Data Collection 300,000 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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P.O.S.T. High School
Recruitment Program for
Police
200,000
Poquetanuck Volunteer
Fire Department
150,000
Preston City Volunteer
Fire Department
150,000
DEPARTMENT OF
REVENUE SERVICES
Provide Payments to
Filers Eligible for the
Earned Income Tax Credit
42,250,000
DIVISION OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE
Provide Funding to
Reduce Court Case
Backlogs Through
Temporary Prosecutors
2,199,879 2,126,550
OFFICE OF HEALTH
STRATEGY
Improve Data Collection
and Integration with HIE
500,000 650,000
Study Behavioral Health
Coverage by Private
Insurers
200,000
Payment Parity Study 655,000
Telehealth Study 300,000
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF
MEDICAL EXAMINER
Testing and Other
COVID-Related
Expenditures
860,667
PUBLIC DEFENDER
SERVICES COMMISSION
Provide Funding to
Reduce Court Backlogs
2,023,821 1,956,360 Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Through Temporary
Public Defenders
POLICE OFFICER
STANDARDS AND
TRAINING COUNCIL
Time Limited Police
Loan Forgiveness
1,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES
Support School Air
Quality
75,000,000
OFFICE OF
WORKFORCE
STRATEGY
HVAC Training Agency 300,000
Revenue 314,900,000
Sec. 2. Section 14 of public act 22-118 is amended to read as follows
(Effective from passage):
Up to $25,000,000 of the amount appropriated to the Department of
Social Services, for Medicaid, in section 1 of special act 21-15 for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2022, shall not lapse on June 30, 2022, and
shall be transferred to the Labor Department, for Personal Services, and
made available during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, to support
the personal services and fringe benefit and indirect overhead costs for
staff at the Labor Department for the unemployment insurance
program's increased caseload due to the COVID-19 pandemic and shall
not be eligible for fringe benefit recovery from the State Comptroller's
General Fund fringe benefit accounts.
Sec. 3. Section 64 of public act 22-118 is amended to read as follows Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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(Effective from passage):
Not later than the [fifteenth] twenty-fifth day of each month during
the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, the Secretary of the Office of Policy
and Management shall submit a report to the joint standing committee
of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to
appropriations and the budgets of state agencies concerning the status
of (1) any amount carried forward and transferred from the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2021, or June 30, 2022, pursuant to special act 21-15,
public act 21-2 of the June special session or [this act] public act 22-118;
and (2) any amount allocated pursuant to section 41 of special act 21-15,
as amended by public act 21-2 of the June special session and sections 9
and 10 of [this act] public act 22-118.
Sec. 4. Section 21a-420f of the 2022 supplement to the general statutes,
as amended by section 129 of public act 22-118, is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) (1) There is established an account to be known as the "cannabis
regulatory and investment account" which shall be a separate,
nonlapsing account within the General Fund. The account shall contain
any moneys required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in
the account shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management, in consultation with the Social Equity Council, as defined
in section 21a-420, to state agencies for the purpose of paying costs
incurred to implement the activities authorized under RERACA, as
defined in section 21a-420.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 21a-420e, for the fiscal
[year] years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023, the following shall
be deposited in the cannabis regulatory and investment account: (A) All
fees received by the state pursuant to section 21a-421b and subdivisions
(1) to (11), inclusive, of subsection (c) of section 21a-420e; (B) the tax
received by the state under section 12-330ll; and (C) the tax received by Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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the state under chapter 219 from a cannabis retailer, hybrid retailer or
micro-cultivator, as those terms are defined in section 12-330ll.
(3) At the end of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, all moneys
remaining in the cannabis regulatory and investment account shall be
transferred to the General Fund.
(b) (1) There is established an account to be known as the "social
equity and innovation account" which shall be a separate, nonlapsing
account within the General Fund. The account shall contain any moneys
required by law to be deposited in the account. Moneys in the account
shall be allocated by the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management, in consultation with the Social Equity Council, to state
agencies for the purpose of (A) paying costs incurred by the Social
Equity Council, (B) administering programs under RERACA to provide
(i) access to capital for businesses, (ii) technical assistance for the start-
up and operation of a business, (iii) funding for workforce education,
and (iv) funding for community investments, and (C) paying costs
incurred to implement the activities authorized under RERACA.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 21a-420e and 21a-
420o, for the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023,
the following shall be deposited in the social equity and innovation
account: All fees received by the state pursuant to sections 21a-420l, 21a-
420o and 21a-420u and subdivisions (12) and (13) of subsection (c) of
section 21a-420e.
(3) At the end of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, five million
dollars shall be transferred from the social equity and innovation
account to the General Fund, or, if the account contains less than five
million dollars, all remaining moneys in the account. All moneys in the
account not transferred to the General Fund pursuant to this
subdivision shall be transferred to the Social Equity and Innovation
Fund established under subsection (c) of this section. Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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(c) (1) On and after July 1, 2022, there is established a fund to be
known as the "Social Equity and Innovation Fund" which shall be a
separate, nonlapsing fund. The fund shall contain any moneys required
by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treasurer
separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Moneys
in the fund shall be appropriated for the purposes of providing the
following: Access to capital for businesses; technical assistance for the
start-up and operation of a business; funding for workforce education;
funding for community investments; and paying costs incurred to
implement the activities authorized under RERACA. All such
appropriations shall be dedicated to expenditures that further the
principles of equity, as defined in section 21a-420.
(2) (A) For the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection, for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the
Social Equity Council shall transmit, for even-numbered years,
estimates of expenditure requirements and for odd-numbered years,
recommended adjustments and revisions, if any, of such estimates, to
the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management, in the manner
prescribed for a budgeted agency under subsection (a) of section 4-77.
The council shall recommend for each fiscal year commencing with the
fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, appropriate funding for all credits
payable to angel investors that invest in cannabis businesses pursuant
to section 12-704d.
(B) The Office of Policy and Management may not make adjustments
to any such estimates or adjustments and revisions of such estimates
transmitted by the council. Notwithstanding any provision of the
general statutes or any special act, the Governor shall not reduce the
allotment requisitions or allotments in force pursuant to section 4-85 or
make reductions in allotments in order to achieve budget savings in the
General Fund, concerning any appropriations made by the General
Assembly for the purposes of subdivision (1) of this subsection. Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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(d) On and after July 1, 2022, there is established a fund to be known
as the "Prevention and Recovery Services Fund" which shall be a
separate, nonlapsing fund. The fund shall contain any moneys required
by law to be deposited in the fund and shall be held by the Treasurer
separate and apart from all other moneys, funds and accounts. Moneys
in the fund shall be appropriated for the purposes of (1) substance abuse
prevention, treatment and recovery services, and (2) collection and
analysis of data regarding substance use. The Social Equity Council may
make recommendations to any relevant state agency regarding
expenditures to be made for the purposes set forth in this subsection.
Sec. 5. Subsection (i) of section 12-330ll of the 2022 supplement to the
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu
thereof (Effective from passage):
(i) The tax received by the state under this section shall be deposited
as follows:
(1) For the fiscal [year] years ending June 30, 2022, and June 30, 2023,
in the cannabis regulatory and investment account established under
section 21a-420f; [and for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, in the
General Fund;]
(2) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2024, June 30, 2025, and June
30, 2026, sixty per cent of such tax received in the Social Equity and
Innovation Fund established under section 21a-420f, twenty-five per
cent of such tax received in the Prevention and Recovery Services Fund
established under section 21a-420f and fifteen per cent in the General
Fund;
(3) For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2027, and June 30, 2028, sixty-
five per cent of such tax received in the Social Equity and Innovation
Fund established under section 21a-420f, twenty-five per cent of such
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cent in the General Fund; and
(4) For the fiscal year ending June 30, 2029, and each fiscal year
thereafter, seventy-five per cent of such tax received in the Social Equity
and Innovation Fund established under section 21a-420f and twenty-
five per cent of such tax received in the Prevention and Recovery
Services Fund established under section 21a-420f.
Sec. 6. Section 135 of public act 22-118 is repealed and the following
is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective from passage):
(a) [The Commissioner of Public Health shall proportionately adjust
the rates for the conveyance and treatment of patients by licensed
ambulance services and invalid coaches and the rates for certified
ambulance services and paramedic intercept services established
pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subdivision (9) of section 19a-177 of
the general statutes in accordance with any increases made by the
Commissioner of Social Services to the Medicaid emergency and
nonemergency ambulance service rates established pursuant to section
17b-273 of the general statutes, not later than thirty days after the
Commissioner of Social Services makes such increases.] For the fiscal
year ending June 30, 2023, the Commissioner of Public Health shall
increase the rates for the conveyance and treatment of patients by
licensed ambulance services and invalid coaches and the rates for
certified ambulance services and paramedic intercept services
established pursuant to subparagraph (A) of subdivision (9) of section
19a-177 of the general statutes in proportion to the appropriations made
available to the Department of Public Health for the administration of
the provisions of said section.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the commissioner shall report, in
accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes,
to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly having
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the budgets of state agencies regarding the amount of such rates for the
preceding ten fiscal years.
Sec. 7. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section, (1)
"authorized representative" means a person designated by a home care
client, in writing, to act on such client's behalf, including, but not limited
to, a health care representative appointed pursuant to section 19a-575a
or 19a-577 of the general statutes; (2) "home care" means long-term
services and supports provided to adults in a home or community-
based program administered by the Department of Social Services; (3)
"home care provider" means a person or organization, including, but not
limited to, (A) a home health agency or hospice agency, as defined in
section 19a-490 of the general statutes, or (B) a homemaker-companion
agency, as defined in section 20-670 of the general statutes; and (4) "long-
term services and supports" means (A) health, health-related, personal
care and social services provided to persons with physical, cognitive or
mental health conditions or disabilities to facilitate optimal functioning
and quality of life, or (B) hospice care provided to persons who may be
nearing the end of their lives.
(b) There is established a Community Ombudsman program within
the independent Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman,
established pursuant to section 17a-405 of the general statutes. Not later
than October 1, 2022, the State Ombudsman appointed pursuant to said
section shall, within available appropriations, appoint a Community
Ombudsman who shall have access to data pertaining to long-term
services and supports provided by a home care provider to a client,
provided (1) such client or such client's authorized representative
provides written consent to such access, or (2) if such client is incapable
of providing such consent due to a physical, cognitive or mental health
condition or disability and has no authorized representative, the
Community Ombudsman determines the data is necessary to
investigate a complaint concerning such client's care. Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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(c) The Community Ombudsman program may:
(1) Identify, investigate, refer and resolve complaints about home
care services;
(2) Raise public awareness about home care and the program;
(3) Promote access to home care services;
(4) Advocate for long-term care options;
(5) Coach individuals in self advocacy; and
(6) Provide referrals to home care clients for legal, housing and social
services.
(d) The Office of the Long-Term Care Ombudsman shall oversee the
Community Ombudsman program and provide administrative and
organizational support by:
(1) Developing and implementing a public awareness strategy about
the Community Ombudsman program;
(2) Applying for, or working in collaboration with other state
agencies to apply for, available federal funding for Community
Ombudsman services;
(3) Collaborating with persons administering other state programs
and services to design and implement an agenda to promote the rights
of elderly persons and persons with disabilities;
(4) Providing information to public and private agencies, elected and
appointed officials, the media and other persons regarding the problems
and concerns of older adults and people with disabilities receiving home
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long-term services and supports system; and
(6) Recommending changes in federal, state and local laws,
regulations, policies and actions pertaining to the health, safety, welfare
and rights of people receiving home care.
(e) Not later than December 1, 2023, and annually thereafter, the State
Ombudsman shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of
section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committees of
the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to aging,
human services and public health on (1) implementation of the public
awareness strategy relating to the Community Ombudsman program,
(2) the number of persons served in the program, (3) the number of
complaints regarding home care filed with the program, (4) the
disposition of such complaints, and (5) any gaps in services and
resources needed to address such gaps.
(f) The State Ombudsman and the Community Ombudsman shall
ensure that any health data obtained pursuant to subsection (b) of this
section relating to a home care client is protected in accordance with the
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, P.L. 104-
191, as amended from time to time.
Sec. 8. Section 12-62s of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022):
(a) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Owner-occupied home" means a building containing three or
fewer dwelling units, one of which units is occupied as a primary
residence by the owner of the building or, with respect to a common
interest community, as defined in section 47-202, "owner-occupied
home" means a dwelling unit occupied as a primary residence by the
owner of the unit, within a common interest community containing
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(2) "Eligible renter" means a person leasing and occupying a dwelling
unit as a primary residence who graduated from a four-year college,
provided such person graduated not earlier than two years prior to the
date a lease is signed.
(b) A municipality that has adopted the property tax system under
section 12-62r shall institute a program to promote homeownership in
certain areas of such municipality. Such program shall be applicable to
two or more designated census [blocks] tracts that have owner-occupied
home rates of fifteen per cent or less [,] and shall [abate property taxes
for the owners of owner-occupied homes within such designated census
blocks and] provide an exemption from personal income taxes for the
owners of owner-occupied homes and for eligible renters within such
designated census [blocks] tracts. For purposes of this subsection,
["census block"] "census tract" means [the smallest geographic unit used
by the United States Census Bureau] a census tract as determined in
accordance with the most recent United States census.
(c) A municipality required to proceed under this section shall
determine which of the census [blocks] tracts within such municipality
have a number of owner-occupied homes equaling fifteen per cent or
less of the dwelling units in such census [block,] tract and shall
designate two or more of such census [blocks] tracts as a
homeownership incentive [block] tract. [The municipality shall abate
one hundred per cent of the property taxes on any owner-occupied
home within a homeownership incentive block.]
(d) The Department of Revenue Services shall exempt each owner of
an owner-occupied home and each eligible renter within a
homeownership incentive [block] tract from the taxes due under chapter
229, other than the liability imposed by section 12-707, provided such
owner and eligible renter shall continue to be eligible for the credit
under section 12-704e. Such tax exemption shall be available to each
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incentive [block] tract as a primary residence. The municipality shall
provide the department with any information needed by the
department to allow such exemption.
(e) The tax [abatements and exemptions] exemption offered to
owners of owner-occupied homes and eligible renters within a
homeownership incentive [block] tract pursuant to this section shall
continue until the number of owner-occupied homes within such
[block] homeownership incentive tract meets or exceeds forty-nine per
cent of the dwelling units in such [block] tract. Upon reaching such
percentage, the municipality shall notify such owners and eligible
renters and the Department of Revenue Services, and the [abatement
and exemptions] exemption allowed pursuant to this section shall phase
out over a five-year period. [(1) The municipality shall charge the owner
of each owner-occupied home within such block twenty per cent of the
property tax otherwise owing during the first assessment year
commencing after the forty-nine-per-cent goal is reached, and an
additional twenty per cent each year thereafter, until the owner is liable
for all property tax owed on such owner-occupied home. (2)] Owners of
an owner-occupied home and eligible renters within such [block]
homeownership incentive tract shall be liable for twenty per cent of the
income tax otherwise due, as described in subsection (d) of this section,
in the first taxable year commencing after the forty-nine-per-cent goal is
reached, and shall be liable for an additional twenty per cent each year
thereafter, until such owner and eligible renter is liable for all income
taxes owed. The municipality shall provide the department with any
information needed by the department to process such phase-out.
Sec. 9. (NEW) (Effective from passage) Notwithstanding the provisions
of the general statutes or of any special act, municipal charter or home
rule ordinance, any municipality may, by vote of its legislative body:
(1) Waive any interest accrued during the period of June 30, 2019, to
June 30, 2022, inclusive, on delinquent property taxes owed by any Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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social or recreational club exempt from taxation under Section 501(c)(7)
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent corresponding
internal revenue code of the United States, as amended from time to
time; and
(2) Waive any future interest that may accrue during the period of
July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2027, on delinquent property taxes owed by any
such club.
Sec. 10. Section 32-610a of the general statutes is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022, and
applicable to assessment years commencing on or after October 1, 2022):
For purposes of determining the assessment of apartment property
as defined in section 12-62r, that is newly created or converted by the
Capital Region Development Authority within the [capital city
economic development district, as defined in section 32-600] city of
Hartford, the tax assessor shall assess any such property receiving a
certificate of occupancy after July 1, 2013, as residential property, as
defined in [said] section 12-62r.
Sec. 11. Subdivision (37) of subsection (b) of section 29 of special act
21-15, as amended by section 308 of public act 21-2 of the June special
session and section 12 of public act 22-118, is amended to read as follows
(Effective from passage):
(37) Up to $3,000,000 to the Department of Energy and Environmental
Protection, for Other Expenses, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2022,
to provide the following grants: (A) $1,500,000 for the Eastern Pequot
Tribe for design and construction of a well, septic system and access
road, (B) $1,000,000 to the [Schaughticok Tribal Nation] Schaghticoke
Tribe for design and construction of (i) fencing and a stone retaining
wall on cemetery grounds, (ii) bathroom and storage facilities, and (iii)
a well and septic system, and (C) $500,000 for the Golden Hill Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Paugussett Tribe for design and construction of a community building;
Sec. 12. Section 59 of public act 22-118 is amended to read as follows
(Effective from passage):
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 3-55i and 3-55j of the
general statutes, and in addition to any payments made to towns from
the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund during the fiscal year
ending June 30, 2023, the Secretary of the Office of Policy and
Management shall distribute the amount of three thousand dollars from
the Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund to each of the three tribes
identified as [Schaughticok Tribal Nation] The Schaghticoke, the
Paucatuck Eastern Pequot and the Golden Hill Paugussett during said
fiscal year. Said tribes shall utilize such amounts for the purpose of
management of their properties and shall not use such amounts in
connection with any legal claim made by said tribe against the state or
federal government.
Sec. 13. Subsection (a) of section 10-285a of the general statutes is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective June 1,
2022):
(a) (1) The percentage of school building project grant money a local
board of education may be eligible to receive, under the provisions of
section 10-286, shall be assigned by the Commissioner of Administrative
Services in accordance with the percentage calculated by the
Commissioner of Education as follows: [(1)] (A) For grants approved
pursuant to [subsection (b) of] section 10-283 for which application is
made on and after July 1, 1991, and before July 1, 2011, [(A)] (i) each
town shall be ranked in descending order from one to one hundred
sixty-nine according to such town's adjusted equalized net grand list per
capita, as defined in section 10-261; and [(B)] (ii) based upon such
ranking, a percentage of not less than twenty nor more than eighty shall
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approved pursuant to [subsection (b) of] section 10-283 for which
application is made on and after July 1, 2011, and before July 1, 2017,
[(A)] (i) each town shall be ranked in descending order from one to one
hundred sixty-nine according to such town's adjusted equalized net
grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261, and [(B)] (ii) based
upon such ranking, [(i)] (I) a percentage of not less than ten nor more
than seventy shall be determined for new construction or replacement
of a school building for each town on a continuous scale, and [(ii)] (II) a
percentage of not less than twenty nor more than eighty shall be
determined for renovations, extensions, code violations, roof
replacements and major alterations of an existing school building and
the new construction or replacement of a school building when a town
or regional school district can demonstrate that a new construction or
replacement is less expensive than a renovation, extension or major
alteration of an existing school building for each town on a continuous
scale; [and (3)] (C) for grants approved pursuant to [subsection (b) of]
section 10-283 for which application is made on and after July 1, 2017,
[(A)] and before June 1, 2022, (i) each town shall be ranked in descending
order from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to the adjusted
equalized net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261, of the
town two, three and four years prior to the fiscal year in which
application is made, [and (B)] (ii) based upon such ranking, [(i)] (I) a
percentage of not less than ten nor more than seventy shall be
determined for new construction or replacement of a school building for
each town on a continuous scale, and [(ii)] (II) a percentage of not less
than twenty nor more than eighty shall be determined for renovations,
extensions, code violations, roof replacements and major alterations of
an existing school building and the new construction or replacement of
a school building when a town or regional school district can
demonstrate that a new construction or replacement is less expensive
than a renovation, extension or major alteration of an existing school
building for each town on a continuous scale; and (D) except as
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approved pursuant to section 10-283 for which application is made on
and after June 1, 2022, (i) each town shall be ranked in descending order
from one to one hundred sixty-nine according to the adjusted equalized
net grand list per capita, as defined in section 10-261, of the town two,
three and four years prior to the fiscal year in which application is made,
and (ii) based upon such ranking, (I) a percentage of not less than ten
nor more than seventy shall be determined for new construction or
replacement of a school building for each town on a continuous scale,
and (II) a percentage of not less than twenty nor more than eighty shall
be determined for renovations, extensions, code violations, roof
replacements and major alterations of an existing school building and
the new construction or replacement of a school building when a town
or regional school district can demonstrate that a new construction or
replacement is less expensive than a renovation, extension or major
alteration of an existing school building for each town on a continuous
scale.
(2) For grants approved pursuant to section 10-283 for which
application is made prior to July 1, 2047, the percentage of school
building project grant money a local board of education for (A) any
town with a total population of eighty thousand or greater may be
eligible to receive shall be the greater of the percentage calculated
pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection or sixty per cent, and (B)
the town of Cheshire shall be the greater of the percentage calculated
pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection or fifty per cent.
Sec. 14. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) The State Fire Administrator
shall, within available appropriations, pay five hundred dollars to each
volunteer fire company for each call to which it responds on (1) a limited
access highway, designated pursuant to section 13b-27 of the general
statutes, (2) the section of the highway known as the Berlin Turnpike,
which begins at the end of the existing Wilbur Cross Parkway in the
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of a section of limited access highway in the town of Wethersfield
known as South Meadows Expressway, or (3) the section of Route 8 in
the town of Beacon Falls which is within the boundaries of the
Naugatuck State Forest.
(b) No municipality that provides funds to a volunteer fire company
may reduce such funding based on the payments that such company
receives, or is anticipated to receive, under subsection (a) of this section.
Sec. 15. (NEW) (Effective from passage) (a) As used in this section, (1)
"Home and Community-Based Services Provider Payments" means
payments disbursed by state agencies to providers of health and human
services that were received by such agencies through Section 9817 of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and (2) "attempt to recover or
otherwise offset" means (A) reductions by state agencies in contracted
amounts for such providers for the same or similar services from one
contract period to the next contract period, or (B) demands for
reimbursement of funds in the amount of any Home and Community-
Based Services Provider Payments.
(b) No state agency contracting with a provider of health and human
services may attempt to recover or otherwise offset Home and
Community-Based Services Provider Payments obtained or retained by
such provider. Nothing in this subsection shall require state agencies to
take action that would jeopardize federal claims or Medicaid
reimbursements.
Sec. 16. (Effective July 1, 2022) The amount appropriated in section 1
of special act 21-15, as amended by section 1 of public act 22-118, to the
Department of Social Services, for Adjust Funding Related to the
Substance Use Disorder Waiver, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023,
shall be made available in said fiscal year to the Department of Social
Services, for Substance Use Disorder Waiver Reserve Account. Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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Sec. 17. Section 307 of public act 21-2 of the June special session, as
amended by section 11 of public act 22-118, is amended to read as
follows (Effective from passage):
The following sums are allocated, in accordance with the provisions
of special act 21-1, from the federal funds designated for the state
pursuant to the provisions of section 604 of Subtitle M of Title IX of the
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, P.L. 117-2, as amended from time to
time, for the annual periods indicated for the purposes described.
FY 2022 FY 2023 FY 2024 FY 2025
OFFICE OF POLICY AND
MANAGEMENT
Multi-purpose community
facility projects
25,000,000
DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
Low-Income/Multi-family
Curb-to-home and Business
Broadband infrastructure
buildout and underserved
area broadband
infrastructure grants
20,000,000 22,966,125
[16,158,373]
DEPARTMENT OF
ADMINISTRATIVE
SERVICES
Connecticut Education
Network Wi-Fi connectivity
and broadband for public
spaces
10,000,000 719,936
Expand CEN Broadband to
Remaining Municipalities
and Libraries
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Upgrade the Connecticut
Education Network (CEN)
20,060,884 19,025,000 2,024,000
CEN Charter School Fiber
Internet Connectivity
Program
441,195 300,000 170,000
Sec. 18. (Effective July 1, 2022) The sum of $150,000 of the amount
appropriated in section 1 of special act 21-15, as amended by section 1
of public act 22-118, to the Department of Economic and Community
Development, for Other Expenses, for the fiscal year ending June 30,
2023, shall be made available in said fiscal year to provide funding to
the Greater Hartford Community Foundation for the Travelers
Championship.
Sec. 19. Subdivision (2) of subsection (a) of section 12-117a of the
general statutes, as amended by section 473 of public act 22-118, is
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1,
2022):
(2) For any application made on or after July 1, 2022, under
subparagraph (B) of subdivision (1) of this subsection, if the assessed
value of the real property that is the subject of such application is one
million dollars or more and the application concerns the valuation of
such real property, the applicant shall file with the court, not later than
[ninety] one hundred twenty days after making such application, an
appraisal of the real property that is the subject of the application. Such
appraisal shall be completed by an individual or a company licensed to
perform real estate appraisals in the state. The court may extend the
[ninety-day] one-hundred-twenty-day period for good cause. If such
appraisal is not timely filed, the court may dismiss the application.
Sec. 20. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2022) (a) As used in this section:
(1) "MDMA" means the synthetic psychoactive drug, 3,4 -
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molly, that acts as a serotonin receptor agonist and reuptake inhibitor of
serotonin and dopamine.
(2) "Psilocybin" means a serotonin receptor agonist that occurs
naturally in some mushroom species.
(3) "Qualified patient" means a resident of the state who is (A) a
veteran, (B) a retired first responder, or (C) a direct care health care
worker.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2023, the Department of Mental Health
and Addiction Services shall establish, within available appropriations,
a psychedelic-assisted therapy pilot program, to be administered by a
medical school in the state. Such pilot program shall provide qualified
patients with MDMA-assisted or psilocybin-assisted therapy as part of
a research program approved by the f ederal Food and Drug
Administration pursuant to 21 CFR 312, as amended from time to time.
The department shall cease to operate the pilot program when MDMA
and psilocybin have been approved to have a medical use by the Drug
Enforcement Administration, or any successor agency.
Sec. 21. Subsection (a) of section 10-29a of the 2022 supplement to the
general statutes is amended by adding subdivision (104) as follows
(Effective October 1, 2022):
(NEW) (104) The Governor shall proclaim the first full week of April
each year to be Health Equity Week to reaffirm the state's commitment
to eliminating health inequities to ensure all residents have the
opportunity to achieve optimal health. Suitable exercises shall be held
in the State Capitol and elsewhere as the Governor designates for the
observance of the week.
Sec. 22. Section 38a-477ff of the 2022 supplement to the general
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
(Effective from passage and applicable to policies delivered, issued for delivery, Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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renewed, amended or continued on or after January 1, 2022):
(a) Each insurer, health care center, hospital service corporation,
medical service corporation, fraternal benefit society or other entity that
delivers, issues for delivery, renews, amends or continues an individual
or group health insurance policy in this state on or after January 1, 2022,
providing coverage of the type specified in subdivisions (1), (2), (4), (11)
and (12) of section 38a-469 shall, when calculating an insured's liability
for a coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense
for a covered benefit, give credit for any discount provided or payment
made by a third party for the amount of, or any portion of the amount
of, the coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket
expense for the covered benefit.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to a
high deductible health plan, as that term is used in subsection (f) of
section 38a-493 or subsection (f) of section 38a-520, as applicable, to the
maximum extent permitted by federal law, except if such plan is used
to establish a medical savings account or an Archer MSA pursuant to
Section 220 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent
corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended
from time to time, or a health savings account pursuant to Section 223
of said Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, the
provisions of said subsection (a) shall apply to such plan to the
maximum extent that (1) is permitted by federal law, and (2) does not
disqualify such account for the deduction allowed under said Section
220 or 223, as applicable.
Sec. 23. Section 38a-477gg of the 2022 supplement to the general
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
(Effective from passage and applicable to contracts entered into on or after
January 1, 2022):
(a) On and after January 1, 2022, each contract entered into between Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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a health carrier, as defined in section 38a-591a, and a pharmacy benefits
manager, as defined in section 38a-479aaa, for the administration of the
pharmacy benefit portion of a health benefit plan in this state on behalf
of plan sponsors shall require that the pharmacy benefits manager,
when calculating an insured's or enrollee's liability for a coinsurance,
copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for a covered
prescription drug benefit, give credit for any discount provided or
payment made by a third party for the amount of, or any portion of the
amount of, the coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-
pocket expense for the covered prescription drug benefit.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to a
high deductible health plan, as that term is used in subsection (f) of
section 38a-493 or subsection (f) of section 38a-520, as applicable, to the
maximum extent permitted by federal law, except if such plan is used
to establish a medical savings account or an Archer MSA pursuant to
Section 220 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent
corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended
from time to time, or a health savings account pursuant to Section 223
of said Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, the
provisions of said subsection (a) shall apply to such plan to the
maximum extent that (1) is permitted by federal law, and (2) does not
disqualify such account for the deduction allowed under said Section
220 or 223, as applicable.
Sec. 24. Section 38a-478w of the 2022 supplement to the general
statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof
(Effective from passage and applicable to contracts delivered, issued for
delivery, renewed, amended or continued on or after January 1, 2022):
(a) For any contract delivered, issued for delivery, renewed, amended
or continued in this state on or after January 1, 2022, each managed care
organization shall, when calculating an enrollee's liability for a
coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket expense for Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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a covered benefit, give credit for any discount provided or payment
made by a third party for the amount of, or any portion of the amount
of, the coinsurance, copayment, deductible or other out-of-pocket
expense for the covered benefit.
(b) The provisions of subsection (a) of this section shall apply to a
high deductible health plan, as that term is used in subsection (f) of
section 38a-493 or subsection (f) of section 38a-520, as applicable, to the
maximum extent permitted by federal law, except if such plan is used
to establish a medical savings account or an Archer MSA pursuant to
Section 220 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or any subsequent
corresponding internal revenue code of the United States, as amended
from time to time, or a health savings account pursuant to Section 223
of said Internal Revenue Code, as amended from time to time, the
provisions of said subsection (a) shall apply to such plan to the
maximum extent that (1) is permitted by federal law, and (2) does not
disqualify such account for the deduction allowed under said Section
220 or 223, as applicable.
Sec. 25. Subsection (c) of section 4-28e of the general statutes, as
amended by section 198 of public act 22-118, is repealed and the
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022):
(c) Commencing with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2023, annual
disbursements from the Tobacco Settlement Fund shall be made as
follows: (1) To [the General Fund in the amount identified as "Transfer
from Tobacco Settlement Fund" in the General Fund revenue schedule
adopted by the General Assembly; and (2) to] the Tobacco and Health
Trust Fund in an amount equal to twelve million dollars; and (2) the
remainder to the General Fund.
Sec. 26. (Effective from passage) The Legislative Commissioners' Office
shall, in codifying the provisions of this act, make such technical,
grammatical and punctuation changes as are necessary to carry out the Substitute Senate Bill No. 9
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purposes of this act, including, but not limited to, correcting inaccurate
internal references.
Sec. 27. Section 75 of public act 22-118 is repealed. (Effective from
passage)
Sec. 28. Sections 202 to 206, inclusive, of public act 22-118 are
repealed. (Effective from passage)
Sec. 29. Section 245 of public act 22-118 is repealed. (Effective from
passage)
Sec. 30. Section 250 of public act 22-118 is repealed. (Effective from
passage)
Sec. 31. Section 413 of public act 22-118 is repealed. (Effective from
passage)
Sec. 32. Section 511 of public act 22-118 is repealed. (Effective from
passage)
Approved May 7, 2022