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Conference committee agrees on replacement language for section 27 on volunteer drivers, schedules FY2026 report
Summary
Members of the House–Senate transportation conference committee said they reached agreement on replacement language for section 27, which governs volunteer drivers and medical transportation, and that a report will be due in fiscal year 2026; agencies stressed the language must comply with federal Medicaid rules.
Conference committee members for the House and Senate transportation bills said they reached agreement on replacement language for section 27, which deals with volunteer drivers and the emergency Medicaid medical transportation program, and that a report will be due in fiscal year 2026.
The change was presented by Ashley Berliner, director of Medicaid policy at the Agency of Human Services, who told the committee, “we spent the better part of this morning working to come to an agreement on some of the language that is in this bill, specifically…
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