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Subcommittee approves DHS rule clarifying child‑support enforcement for pregnant Medicaid recipients
Summary
The Rules Subcommittee approved DHS updates that will continue referrals to child‑support enforcement for pregnant Medicaid recipients but bar sanctions during pregnancy and a 60‑day postpartum period; the rule also deletes the word 'forcible' from the good‑cause language and removes a 90‑day waiting period linked to RKids B/CHIP eligibility.
The Rules Subcommittee of the Arkansas Legislative Council approved updates to the Department of Human Services' Medicaid policy manual clarifying how child‑support enforcement applies to pregnant enrollees.
Mary Franklin, director of the Division of County Operations for DHS, told the committee that "Women who are pregnant, we will still refer them to child support enforcement if, for child support enforcement services, if that is appropriate when they are pregnant. But they will not be sanctioned if they refuse or fail to comply with child support…
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