Post by pavel on Apr 3, 2016 20:30:34 GMT -6
The Arkansas General Assembly will convene in special session Wednesday to consider Gov. Asa Hutchinson's managed-care legislation that's divided some lawmakers, plus another bill overhauling the state's private-option program into what Hutchinson calls Arkansas Works.
Under the private option, the state uses federal Medicaid dollars to purchase private health insurance for low-income Arkansans. Most of the approximately 267,000 Arkansans on the expanded Medicaid program are on the private option.
House Speaker Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, and Senate President Pro Tempore Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, said they hope the General Assembly can complete its business within three days. The fiscal session begins April 13.
Although the governor, a Republican, has yet to issue his formal call for the special session, the House and Senate will convene at 10 a.m. in the state Capitol, Hutchinson spokesman J.R. Davis said.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/apr/03/two-bills-on-to-do-list-lawmakers-await/?f=news-arkansas
Under the private option, the state uses federal Medicaid dollars to purchase private health insurance for low-income Arkansans. Most of the approximately 267,000 Arkansans on the expanded Medicaid program are on the private option.
House Speaker Jeremy Gillam, R-Judsonia, and Senate President Pro Tempore Jonathan Dismang, R-Searcy, said they hope the General Assembly can complete its business within three days. The fiscal session begins April 13.
Although the governor, a Republican, has yet to issue his formal call for the special session, the House and Senate will convene at 10 a.m. in the state Capitol, Hutchinson spokesman J.R. Davis said.
Read more: www.arkansasonline.com/news/2016/apr/03/two-bills-on-to-do-list-lawmakers-await/?f=news-arkansas