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Will County committee hears federal reconciliation bill could expand Medicaid, tighten SNAP and unsettle FEMA grant programs
Summary
Will County Board Legislative Committee members heard a briefing May 6 on a House-passed reconciliation bill that lobbyists said could expand Medicaid and SNAP work requirements and on changing federal grant programs such as FEMA's BRIC.
Will County Board Legislative Committee members heard a briefing May 6 on a House-passed reconciliation bill and the county's federal agenda, including potential changes to Medicaid and SNAP eligibility and uncertainty around federal resilience grants.
The reconciliation bill, passed narrowly in the U.S. House, "passed with a very, very small margin," a federal lobbyist told the committee, and lawmakers "want to get this bill passed in the Senate by July 4," the lobbyist said. Committee members were told the Senate's version is expected to be moderated but that substantial program changes remain possible.
The county's federal lobbyists said the House text would expand work requirements in Medicaid and SNAP, raise the age range covered by able-bodied work rules and…
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