Arizona's Medicaid program won't have money to pay its bills next month unless the governor and lawmakers reach a deal soon on at least some elements of a state budget.
Howard Fischer PHOENIX — Arizona's Medicaid program won't have money to pay its bills next month unless the governor and lawmakers reach a deal soon on at least some elements of a state government budget.
People are also reading… Legislative budget staffers say the agency requested an additional $3.3 billion to finish off this fiscal year. That includes state funds and authorization to spend federal dollars, which cover about two-thirds of the total price tag. Petersen said all these supplemental requests were included in the"skinny" budget that Republicans sent to the governor earlier this year. Hobbs rejected the $15.8 billion plan, saying it failed to include any of the priorities in her own $17.1 billion spending proposal.
He said there is no reason Senate Republicans cannot act now in a bipartisan way, as they did in March, to approve the supplemental funds for AHCCCS. Roads spendingFor the moment, he said much of the discussion is over projects that can be financed with one-time spending, as GOP leaders are loathe to start new, ongoing programs or vastly expand existing ones with dollars that may or may not be there years from now.For example, there's $5.9 million for pavement rehabilitation along U.S. 99 in Yuma County. A plan for drainage and safety improvements for Moson Road in Cochise County is logged in at $6.1 million.
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