Panel endorses technical changes to Medicaid waivers to avoid program churn for young adults
The committee heard and provisionally supported amendments in House Bill 1067 that will disregard certain income sources for children on Medicaid waivers and raise age limits so waiver participants can remain enrolled at ages 19 and 20; fiscal impacts to the biennium were modest and the department asked for the effective date to be July 1, 2026.
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Krista Framing from the Department of Health and Human Services explained House Bill 1067 to the Senate Human Services Committee. The bill’s amended section 1 directs the department to disregard certain income sources when calculating recipient liability for children in Medicaid 1915(c) waivers: Social Security survivor benefits and court-ordered child support would not count as income for these children. The change would take effect July 1, 2026 if enacted.
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