OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
Legislative Office Building, Room 5200
Hartford, CT 06106 (860) 240-0200
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EMERGENCY CERTIFICATION
HB-6689
AN ACT CONCERNING THE STATE BUDGET FOR THE BIENNIUM
ENDING JUNE THIRTIETH, 2023, AND MAKING
APPROPRIATIONS THEREFOR, AND MAKING DEFICIENCY AND
ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE THIRTIETH, 2021.
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: See Below
Municipal Impact: See Below
Explanation
The bill includes appropriations in nine funds totaling $22.7 billion
in FY 22 and $23.6 billion in FY 23. The table below summarizes the
appropriations by fund.
Fund Summary
Gross Appropriations by Fund FY 22 $ FY 23 $
General Fund 20,799,817,965 21,661,037,548
Special Transportation Fund 1,833,792,686 1,921,830,975
Banking Fund 29,426,724 29,521,021
Insurance Fund 120,836,466 122,471,874
Consumer Counsel and Public Utility 30,799,823 30,976,441
Control Fund
Workers' Compensation Fund 26,608,864 26,955,096
Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund 51,472,796 51,472,796
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund 2,934,088 2,934,088
Tourism Fund 13,069,988 13,069,988
Total Gross Appropriations 22,908,759,400 23,860,269,827
General Fund Lapses
Unallocated Lapse (43,815,570) (48,215,570)
Primary Analyst: CP 6/7/21
Contributing Analyst(s):
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Unallocated Lapse - Judicial (5,000,000) (5,000,000)
CREATES Savings Initiative Lapse (4,607,283) (73,487,242)
Total General Fund Lapses (53,422,853) (126,702,812)
Transportation Fund Lapses
Unallocated Lapse (12,000,000) (12,000,000)
Temporary Federal Support for
(100,000,000) (100,000,000)
Transportation Operations
Total Transportation Fund Lapses (112,000,000) (112,000,000)
Net Appropriations by Fund
General Fund 20,746,395,112 21,534,334,736
Special Transportation Fund 1,721,792,686 1,809,830,975
Banking Fund 29,426,724 29,521,021
Insurance Fund 120,836,466 122,471,874
Consumer Counsel and Public Utility 30,799,823 30,976,441
Control Fund
Workers' Compensation Fund 26,608,864 26,955,096
Mashantucket Pequot and Mohegan Fund 51,472,796 51,472,796
Criminal Injuries Compensation Fund 2,934,088 2,934,088
Tourism Fund 13,069,988 13,069,988
Total Net Appropriations 22,743,336,547 23,621,567,015
Spending Cap
The bill is under the spending cap by $22.2 million in FY 22 and
$35.7 million in FY 23.
Growth Rate
The FY 22 growth rate for all appropriated funds is 2.6% over the FY
21 appropriation. The FY 23 growth rate for all appropriated funds is
3.9% over the FY 22 appropriation. See the table below for details.
FY 22 and FY 23 Budget Growth Rates (by fund in millions)
FY 21 FY 22 FY 22 FY 23 FY 23
Fund Approp. Approp. Change Approp. Change
$ $ $ % $ $ %
General 20,086.3 20,746.4 660.1 3.3% 21,534.3 787.9 3.8%
Transportation 1,816.3 1,721.8 (94.5) (5.2%) 1,809.8 88.0 5.1%
Other 267.8 275.1 7.3 2.7% 277.4 2.3 0.8%
Appropriated
TOTAL 22,170.4 22,743.3 572.9 2.6% 23,621.6 878.2 3.9%
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Sections 10 41 are Identified Below
Section Agency Description
10(a) OPM/Various OPM shall recommend reductions in
executive branch expenditures to
achieve budget savings in the
General Fund by $43,815,570 in FY 22
and $43,215,570 in FY 23. Those shall
not apply to The University of
Connecticut Health Center.
10(b) OPM/Judicial OPM shall recommend reductions in
Judicial Department expenditures to
achieve budget savings, for FY 22
and FY 23 by $5 million. Such
reductions shall be achieved as
determined by the Chief Justice and
Chief Public Defender.
11 OPM/Various OPM shall recommend reductions in
executive branch agencies for
retirement, restructuring or efficiency
savings in the General Fund of
$4,607,283 for FY 22, and $73,487,242
for FY 23. The provisions of this
section shall not apply to The
University of Connecticut Health
Center.
12(a) & 12(b) DOT/OPM (a) OPM is authorized to make
reductions in executive branch
expenditures within the STF for each
of FY 22 and FY by $12,000,000. (b)
OPM is authorized to make
reductions in DOT expenditures in
each of FY 22 and FY 23 by
$100,000,000 to reflect use of federal
stimulus funds directed for
transportation programs and
projects.
13 OPM/Various OPM cannot reduce allotments to
achieve unallocated lapses in FY 22
and FY 23 in municipal aid,
education equalization aid grants,
mental health and substance abuse
services, Connecticut Children's
Medical Center, Justice Education
Center, Connecticut Youth
Employment program, fire training
schools, Youth Violence Initiative,
Youth Services Prevention, Capitol
Child Development Center, the
Probate Court, Juvenile Justice
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Section Agency Description
Outreach Services, the American
School for the Deaf.
14 DSS/DCF Allows the Department of Social
Services (DSS) and Department of
Children and Families (DCF) to
establish an account to allow for the
receipt of reimbursement anticipated
from the federal government. This
allows the state to receive revenue as
anticipated in the budget.
15 OPM Exempts appropriations authorized
for purposes of complying with
Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles (GAAP) from the quarterly
allotment process pursuant to Section
4-85 of the Connecticut General
Statutes (CGS). This provision has no
fiscal impact since these funds are
non-programmatic and are only used
in conjunction to close out the end of
the fiscal year in accordance with
GAAP.
16 (a) RSA/OPM OPM is authorized to transfer
amounts appropriated for Personal
Services from agencies to the Reserve
for Salary Adjustment (RSA) account
to reflect a more accurate impact of
collective bargaining related costs.
16 (b) RSA/OPM OPM is authorized to transfer funds
from the RSA account to any agency
in any appropriated fund for salary
increases, accrual payments or any
other personal services adjustment
necessary.
17 (a) RSA/OPM Allows for the unexpended funds for
collective bargaining costs (RSA) to
be carried forward from FY 21 into
FY 22 and FY 23.
17 (b) RSA/OPM Allows for the unexpended funds for
collective bargaining costs (RSA) to
be carried forward from FY 22 into
FY 23.
18 Various Allows for the transfer of funds
between agencies via the use of FAC
to maximize federal matching funds.
This allows any General Fund
appropriation to be transferred
between agencies to maximize
federal funding with FAC approval.
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Section Agency Description
Funds generated through transfer
may be used to reimburse GF
expenditures or expand programs as
determined by Governor and with
FAC approval.
19 Various Allows for the adjustments to
appropriations, with the approval of
FAC, to maximize federal funding
available to the state. This allows any
General Fund appropriation to be
adjusted by the Governor with FAC
approval in order to maximize
federal funding. The Governor shall
present a plan for any such transfer.
20 UCHC/DSS Allows for the transfer of
appropriated funds from the UConn
Health Center to DSS's Medicaid
account to maximize federal
reimbursement. This allows the state
to receive revenue as anticipated in
the budget.
21 DSS/DMHAS Directs DSS to make
Disproportionate Share (DSH)
payments to hospitals in the
Department of Mental Health and
Addiction Services (DMHAS) for
operating expense and related
fringes. This allows the state to
receive revenue as anticipated in the
budget.
22 SDE/OEC Transfers $1 million in both FY 20
and FY 21 of Part B IDEA (federal
funds) from SDE to the Office of
Early Childhood for the Birth-to-
Three Program.
23(a)(b) SDE Ensures that money appropriated for
the Priority School District grant in
FY 20 and FY 21 is spent in the
appropriate year, and through the
appropriate sub-grant. This allows
eligible school districts to receive
funding.
24 OLM Office of Legislative Management
shall apply terms consistent with
those contained in section I(c) of
Attachment F to the ratified 2017
SEBAC agreement, dated June 25,
2017, between the state and the State
Employees Bargaining Agent
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Section Agency Description
Coalition, approved pursuant to
subsection (f) of section 5-278 of the
general statutes, and applicable to
the fiscal years ending June 30, 2020,
and June 30, 2021, to nonpartisan
legislative employees for the fiscal
years ending June 30, 2022, and June
30, 2023.
25 OPM/Various OPM shall allocate funding of $40
million in FY 22 and $80 million in
FY 23 appropriated in the Private
Providers account as follows: (1) $10
million in both FY 23 and FY 24 for
cost of living adjustments to
employees who provide state-
administered human services in the
Departments of Correction, Housing,
Public Health, Social Services,
Children and Families, Aging and
Disability Services and Mental
Health and Addiction Services, the
Office of Early Childhood and the
Judicial Department and (2) $30
million in FY 22 and $70 million in
FY 23 for costs associated with a
settlement between the state and
Department of Developmental
Services' contracted providers.
26 SDE Requires SDE to submit a report
comparing, on a regional basis,
salaries paid by technical education
and career schools and salaries paid
by public schools.
27(a) SDE Provides $125,000 in both FY 22 and
FY 23 for a grant to the Career
Pathways Pre-Apprenticeship
Technology Collaborative
administered by The Justice
Education Center, Inc., at Eli
Whitney Technical High School in
New Haven.
27(b) SDE Provides $500,000 in FY 22, and $1
million in FY 23 to expand the Career
Pathways Pre-Apprenticeship
Technology Collaborative
administered by The Justice
Education Center, Inc.
27(c) SDE Provides $100,000 in both FY 22 and
FY 23 to The University of
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Section Agency