LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A legislative panel has endorsed keeping Arkansas’
Medicaid expansion another year despite uncertainty about a federal lawsuit
challenging the program’s work requirement.
The Joint Budget Committee on Tuesday approved the budget for the state’s
Medicaid program and its hybrid Medicaid expansion. Arkansas’ Medicaid expansion
uses federal and state funds to purchase private insurance for low-income
residents.
The bill advanced as officials are waiting for a judge to rule on a lawsuit
challenging the work requirement the state began enforcing last year on the
expansion. The bill now heads to the Senate for a vote.
The budget bill needs three-fourths support in the Senate and House to be
approved and sent to the governor’s desk.
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