Free conference committee: $290 million Medicaid set‑aside, higher‑education bases largely preserved
Leaders on Kentucky’s free conference committee summarized a budget deal that holds most higher‑education base funding, creates a Medicaid set‑aside described as $290,000,000, and ties final passage timing to the revenue bill (House Bill 757) and the free conference committee report on House Bill 500.
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The free conference committee in Frankfort on Thursday outlined the broad terms of a budget agreement that conference co‑chairs said would keep most higher‑education campuses at their base funding level and set aside $290,000,000 for Medicaid contingencies.
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