Governor's Bill No. 5048 is a comprehensive legislative proposal that seeks to adjust the state budget for the biennium ending June 30, 2025. The bill includes a series of insertions and deletions to the appropriations for various state agencies and departments, reflecting adjustments to the General Fund for the fiscal year 2024-2025. These adjustments involve increases and decreases in funding for personal services, other expenses, equipment, and various programs and initiatives within each agency. For example, the bill proposes increased funding for the maintenance of the State-Wide Fire Radio Network, the Police Association of Connecticut, and several Fire Training Schools, while also revising budgets for the Military Department, the Department of Consumer Protection, the Department of Labor, and other departments such as the Department of Housing, the Agricultural Experiment Station, and the Department of Public Health.
The bill also proposes amendments to the appropriations for various educational departments and programs, with both increases and decreases in funding across different line items. It details changes in budget allocations for the Technical Education and Career System, the Office of Early Childhood, the State Library, the Office of Higher Education, the University of Connecticut, the University of Connecticut Health Center, and the Teachers' Retirement Board. Additionally, the bill includes provisions for creating a Nursing Home Dashboard and Center for Excellence, improving transportation infrastructure, allocating funds for labor department initiatives, and investing in early childhood programs. It also outlines specific appropriations for health records, public awareness grants, peer-to-peer support, crisis intervention, and support for various community services, as well as funding for police and emergency services, tax credit payments, court case backlog reduction, public defender services, and agricultural research. The bill includes deletions such as a reduction in the amount allocated for electronic health records and adjustments to payments to filers eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit.