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Education committee votes to recommend ITL on Medicaid direct certification for free school meals
Summary
The House Education Committee voted 10-8 to recommend Inexpedient to Legislate on HB 583, which would have used Medicaid enrollment data to directly certify additional students for USDA free and reduced‑price school meals.
The House Education Committee voted 10-8 to recommend Inexpedient to Legislate (ITL) on HB 583, a bill that would have New Hampshire apply to the U.S. Department of Agriculture for participation in the Medicaid direct‑certification pilot to identify students eligible for free and reduced‑price school meals without separate household applications.
Supporters argued the change would immediately enroll roughly 10,000 additional students statewide and increase access to USDA benefits and related federal programs, while opponents said the amendment presented a large, near‑term fiscal impact on the state school funding formula.
HB 583 would authorize the Department of Education to use Medicaid enrollment data, coordinated with the New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), to automatically certify students for the USDA free and…
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