SustiNet, the controversial universal health care bill, passed the Human Services Committee Thursday afternoon and will be forwarded to the floor of the House. The Human Services Committee was the third legislative committee to give its approval to the bill.
Sen. Anthony Musto, D‑Trumbull, asked his colleagues on the committee to vote in favor of the legislation so they can get it to the floor of the House where it will then receive a fiscal note.
He also asked lawmakers to withhold their judgment of the legislation until a fiscal note is attached. He said if that fiscal note is too high then he too is reserving his right to vote against the bill in the future.
A fiscal note on similar legislation three years ago essentially killed the proposal by putting a hefty $11.8 billion to $18 billion price tag on it.
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