Lamont seeks last-minute cut to hospital tax plan

CT Mirror – Tuesday, June 3, 2025
By Keith M. Phaneuf

Gov. Ned Lamont has asked legislators to scale back a $375 million hospital tax increase in the next state budget after industry officials raised concerns Tuesday morning.

This creates a technical challenge for legislators who entered Tuesday halfway through their formal adoption of a $55.8 billion budget for the next two fiscal years. The House approved that plan minutes after midnight, but the Senate hadn’t begun its debate by early Tuesday afternoon.

Lamont’s budget spokesman, Chris Collibee, said shortly before noon that the administration now wants to impose a $285 million tax hike on hospitals in the 2026-27 fiscal year, $90 million less the hike lawmakers and the administration had negotiated last week.

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