CT Senate gives final approval to emergency human services fund

CT Mirror – Thursday, November 13, 2025
By Keith M. Phaneuf

This story has been updated.

The state Senate gave final approval in special session Thursday afternoon to bills to safeguard human services from federal cuts and adopted a bill to enable UConn Health to purchase financially imperiled Waterbury Hospital.

The Democratic-controlled Senate voted 27-8, largely along party lines, to designate $500 million from state reserves to potentially backfill federal cuts to nutrition, health care, heating assistance and other human service programs until the next General Assembly session starts Feb. 4.

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