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Senate committee approves bill to codify Medicaid eligibility with emergency exception
Summary
A Senate committee advanced a bill to enshrine current Medicaid eligibility in statute, adopting amendments to specify optional groups and allow the governor to temporarily expand eligibility during a public health emergency that would end 30 days after the next legislative adjournment. Supporters argued for legislative control; advocates warned it would limit future flexibility.
The Senate Labor and Health committee advanced Senate File 6, a bill that would codify existing Medicaid eligibility groups in state statute and require legislative authorization for future eligibility expansions, with limited exceptions. Department staff walked the committee through an amendment to identify optional groups and preserve some programs that would otherwise be cut under the bill’s baseline language.
The department described clarifications for a handful of smaller and optional populations, including the 11/15…
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