The majority-Democrat state House is expected to vote this week on a $2.25 billion, year-end budget that channels more money to MassHealth and provides a key injection of taxpayer cash when soccer’s World Cup comes to Foxborough next year.
The so-called “supplemental” budget that’s set to come before the House is a little less than the $2.45 billion spending plan that Democratic Gov. Maura Healey originally filed in August.
The spending blueprint "aims to fortify the Commonwealth’s finances, bolster economic development, and ensure continued access to critical health care services," House Ways and Means Committee Chairperson Aaron Michlewitz, D-3rd Suffolk, and House Speaker Ron Mariano, D-3rd Norfolk, said in a joint statement.
The largest portion of the budget, $1.67 billion, is all