A provision to make insulin available to people who can't afford it was nixed in closed-door negotiations on the health and human services budget. Each side blamed the other for its failure to make it into a final bill.
The Legislature will head soon into special session to vote on a final version of a new two-year state budget, which was assembled largely behind closed doors.
Lawmakers limped to the finish of the 2019 session Monday night knowing they will have to come back in a special session to finish work on a new two-year state budget.