PHOENIX — State lawmakers on Wednesday approved funding that the state’s Medicaid program needs to pay its current bills.
The 26-3 vote by the Senate provides the full $3.36 billion the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System told lawmakers months ago it needed. Until now, half that funding had been stuck between the Republican-controlled Legislature and Democratic Gov. Katie Hobbs, which potentially put the state on the hook for thousands of dollars of legally mandated interest payments once bills are at least 30 days overdue.
The move still leaves unresolved nearly $200 million needed for K-12 funding for the budget year that ends June 30.
