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Committee backs resolution encouraging state to align Medicaid rules with recent federal change for Compact migrants

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · February 22, 2021
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Summary

The committee adopted and passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 5 asking the governor to amend Arkansas Medicaid eligibility rules to provide coverage to migrants from Compact of Free Association islands, aligning state practice with a federal change in late 2020/2021.

The Senate Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee adopted an amendment and passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 5, a nonbinding measure encouraging the governor to amend state Medicaid eligibility rules to extend coverage to migrants from the Compact of Free Association islands.

Sen. Eads, who introduced the amendment, told the committee the change would align Arkansas policy…

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