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House adopts resolution directing Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw prior CMS waiver application
Summary
The House adopted House Joint Resolution 24 (as amended), directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw an 11/15 waiver application submitted 06/25/2025 to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and declaring an emergency so the state can implement updated federal community engagement rules.
House Joint Resolution 24, as amended by the committee substitute, was adopted on the floor after explanation by Chairman McNamara (Gentleman from Jefferson 48). The resolution directs the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to immediately withdraw a waiver application submitted on June 25, 2025, described on the floor as an '11/15 waiver' to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), and declares an emergency to allow the Commonwealth to proceed under updated federal community‑engagement requirements cited in a recent federal action.
Chairman McNamara said the substitute language also looks back at previous related submittals and functions as a "security blanket" to ensure withdrawal occurs; Representative Jefferson 41 asked whether withdrawal had already begun, and the chair said he was not aware. The committee substitute was adopted by voice vote and then a title amendment (House Committee Amendment 1) was offered and adopted. The House recorded the adoption of the committee substitute and title amendment.
The floor explanation did not include a copy of the Cabinet's withdrawal letter or a timeline for CMS confirmation of withdrawal; those operational details were not specified in the floor record.
