Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HJR24: 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.
Status: Signed into law, April 14, 2026
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
What the bill says
A joint resolution directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to immediately withdraw the 1115(a) waiver application that was submitted on June 25, 2025, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a mandatory community engagement program, and declaring an emergency.
From the engrossed text:
A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to immediately withdraw the 1115(a) waiver application that was submitted on June 25, 2025, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a mandatory community engagement program, and declaring an emergency. WHEREAS, 2025 Ky. Acts ch. 110 sec. 4 required the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to implement a mandatory community engagement program; and WHEREAS, in order to implement a mandatory community engagement program the Cabinet for Health and Family Services determined that it was necessary to prepare and submit an 1115(a) demonstration waiver application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and WHEREAS, on June 25, 2025, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services submitted an 1115(a) demonstration waiver application to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to establish a mandatory community engagement program; and WHEREAS, on July 4, 2025, Congress passed and the President signed into law House Resolution 1 (H.R. 1), which included various changes to the Medicaid program; and WHEREAS, one of the changes to the Medicaid program contained in H.R. 1 was the requirement that states implement a community engagement program for certain Medicaid beneficiaries by January 1, 2027; and WHEREAS, the mandatory community engagement program that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services sought to implement …
Sponsors
- Ken Fleming (R, HD-048) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 151)
- : filed without Governor's signature with the Secretary of State
- : delivered to Governor
- : enrolled, signed by President of the Senate
- : enrolled, signed by Speaker of the House
- : received in House
- : 3rd reading, adopted 38-0
- : posted for passage in the Consent Orders of the Day for Friday, March 27 2026
- : 2nd reading, to Rules as a consent bill
- : reported favorably, 1st reading, to Consent Calendar
Votes
- Senate: Floor Vote RSN# 4069 (March 31, 2026): 38 yea, 0 nay, passed
- House: Adopt RCS# 14 (January 20, 2026): 87 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: State Agencies, Effective Dates, Emergency, Medicaid
Common questions
- What is HJR24?
- HJR24 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): 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.
- What does HJR24 do?
- In its own words: A joint resolution directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to immediately withdraw the 1115(a) waiver application that was submitted on June 25, 2025, to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a mandatory community engagement program, and declaring an emergency.
- What is the status of HJR24?
- Signed into law as of April 14, 2026. Latest action: became law without Governor's Signature (Acts Ch. 151) (April 14, 2026).
- Who sponsored HJR24?
- Ken Fleming (R, HD-048).
- Where is the official record for HJR24?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hjr24.html
Source: official Kentucky record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.