Raised Bill No. 145, introduced in the February Session, 2024, and referred to the Committee on Housing, is an act concerning the appropriation of funds for the homeless response system. The bill proposes to allocate funds from the General Fund to the Department of Housing and the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025. Specifically, it appropriates $18,600,000 to the Department of Housing for housing and homeless services, and $1,400,000 to the Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services for housing support.

The bill also requires the Commissioners of Housing and Mental Health and Addiction Services to submit reports on their expenditure of the appropriated funds by October 1, 2025, to the joint standing committees of the General Assembly that oversee appropriations, budgets of state agencies, and housing. These reports must comply with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes. The act is set to take effect on July 1, 2024, and it introduces new sections to the statutes, as indicated by the insertions. There are no deletions mentioned in the summary of the bill.