The Alabama Legislature gaveled into a special session Wednesday called by Gov. Kay Ivey and introduced the state’s plan for distributing the second round of ARPA funds.
The $1.06 billion proposal continues the priorities established when the state distributed the first round of ARPA funds last year, with nearly two-thirds going to infrastructure needs and most of the rest going to public health.
The bill would send $400 million to water and sewer grants and $260 million toward broadband expansion.
A total of $339.1 million would go toward public health, including $100 million to reimburse hospitals for Covid-related expenses, $40 million each to reimburse the Public Education Employees’ Health Insurance Plan and State Employees’ Insurance Board, $20 million for a voluntary clinical trial and healthcare research program, $25 million for payments to mental health providers, and $9 million to facilitate and expand telemedicine.
The plan also designates about $55 million to…
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