FLINT, Mich. (Michigan News Source) — After years of emergency funding, Michigan House Republicans say Flint’s water crisis has reached its end point—and the state budget is finally reflecting that conclusion.

House Republicans on December 10 declined to carry forward roughly $8.3 million in state funding that had been used to support Flint students and residents years after the city’s water system was declared safe. The money paid for services such as counselors, nurses, and social workers—programs initially created during the height of the 2014 crisis.

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 House Speaker Matt Hall (R-Richland Township) said the state cannot continue treating Flint as if it remains under emergency conditions, noting that even federal regulators have lifted their emergency designation.

“The Flint drinking water emergency is over,” Hall said.“Even Gov. [Gretchen] Whitmer has acknowledged that, yet they continue to want to fund it and squirrel away money for it,”

Democrats from Flint objected, arguing the effects of lead exposure can linger. Republicans counter, however, that Flint has continued to receive new funding in recent budgets and that emergency programs are meant to be temporary, not permanent.

The move came as part of a broader effort by House Republicans to rein in ongoing spending and reset priorities heading into the next fiscal year.