Budget update: Mental health and substance abuse cuts could create a ‘forensics crisis,’ DCF chief says
Monday, April 26th, 2010 by Dara KamHouse and Senate budget chiefs are closing in on a final budget, with lawmakers backing off a plan to cut state workers’ salaries and agreeing to a ban on funding for human stem cell research.
For the first time, lawmakers and other high-ranking state workers would have to pay a nominal fee for their health insurance, from $100 a year.
