KentuckyKentucky’s health agency must withdraw Medicaid community participation requests
Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services must withdraw previously submitted federal approval requests for programs that tie Medicaid eligibility to community participation.
What it does
Kentucky’s health agency must withdraw its June 25, 2025, request for federal permission to establish Medicaid community participation rules and any other previously submitted requests for such programs within five days after the law takes effect.
Argument forWithdrawing the application that conflicts with federal rules could help Kentucky focus on meeting federal requirements for Medicaid community participation.
Argument againstWithdrawing all previously submitted requests could limit the health agency’s options for seeking federal approval of Medicaid community participation programs.
More detail
Kentucky’s Cabinet for Health and Family Services must withdraw the covered requests for federal permission. This covers the June 25, 2025, application and any other previously submitted applications to establish community engagement programs, which tie Medicaid eligibility to community participation. The withdrawal requirement applies even if other Kentucky laws say otherwise. The resolution takes effect upon becoming law. The five-day withdrawal deadline runs from that effective date.
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- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Apr 14became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 151)Became Law
- Apr 13filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- Apr 1delivered to Governor
- Apr 1enrolled, signed by President of the SenateTo Governor
- Apr 1enrolled, signed by Speaker of the HousePassed 1st Chamber
- Mar 31received in House
- Vote recorded CONSENT PASSAGE OF HJR 24. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 313rd reading, adopted 38-0Minor
- Mar 26posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- Mar 262nd reading, to Rules as a consent billMinor
- Mar 25reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent CalendarMinor
- Mar 24to Health Services (S)Minor
- Jan 21to Committee on Committees (S)Minor
- Jan 21received in Senate
- Jan 203rd reading, adopted with 87-1 Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)Minor
- Vote recorded Adopt. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 16posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Tuesday, January 20, 2026
- Jan 162nd reading, to RulesMinor
- Jan 15reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute (1) and Committee Amendment (1-title)Minor
- Jan 13to Health Services (H)Minor
- Jan 12to Committee on Committees (H)Minor
- Jan 12introduced in HouseIntroduced
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