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Committee rejects proposal to add Medicaid direct-certification pilot for school meals
Summary
An amendment to HB 2 that would have launched a two-year Medicaid direct-certification pilot (to auto-certify eligible children for free or reduced-price school meals) failed in Finance Division II by a 3-5 vote. Supporters called it a low-cost pilot to reduce barriers to school meals; opponents cited budget timing and policy concerns.
The Finance Division II voted against an amendment that would have created a two-year pilot allowing the state Medicaid system to directly certify eligible children for free or reduced-price school meals without a new family application.
Representative Kelly, who moved the amendment, told the committee the federal USDA pilot — Medicaid direct certification — would allow data-sharing between Medicaid and the Department of Education to automatically…
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