Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that expands Medicaid eligibility.

Highlights:

• Requires the director of the department, the insurance commissioner and the governor to as soon as practicable negotiate with the center for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States Department of Health and Human Services to obtain a state plan amendment or other federal authorization to provide Medicaid coverage for all persons described under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(VIII) of the Social Security Act (Sec. 1.a).

• Prohibits any expansion of the Medicaid program from being administered during any time period in which the increased federal medical assistance percentage is less than 90%, nor will the program be administered during any time period in which the regular federal medical assistance percentage is less than 55% (Sec. 1.b).

• Repeals 2013 Wyoming Session Laws, Chapter 116, Section 5 (Sec. 2).

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