A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw all waiver applications that have been submitted to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to establish a community engagement program, and declaring an emergency.

Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to withdraw the 1115(a) demonstration waiver application that was submitted on June 25, 2025, to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a mandatory community engagement program; EMERGENCY

Medicaid State Agencies Effective Dates, Emergency

Introduced: January 12, 2026

Last action: April 14, 2026

Became Law Without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 151)

In effect since April 14, 2026

This act carries an emergency clause, so it took effect as soon as it became law instead of waiting the usual 90 days after the session adjourned (Ky. Constitution § 55).

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This resolution directs a Kentucky state agency to pull back a pending application it submitted to the federal government in June 2025. That application would have set up a mandatory community engagement program tied to Medicaid. By declaring an emergency, the resolution was intended to take effect immediately upon passage. Who it may affect: Kentuckians who receive Medicaid benefits, and the state agency responsible for administering those benefits.

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