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State agencies and Coordinated Care explained Apple Health enrollment paths for youth in foster care, highlighted exceptions for American Indian/Alaska Native (AIAN) youth and described the form-and-data steps required to change coverage or placements.

House Healthcare and Wellness Committee heard House Bill 2555, which would direct the Health Care Authority to apply for a CMS waiver to allow Medicaid coverage of traditional health practices provided through Indian health facilities; tribal leaders and HCA staff discussed timing, reimbursement, and inclusion of urban Indian organizations.

[Medicaid] Effective October 1, 2025, the Alabama Medicaid Agency will update coverage of procedure codes 97550-97552 and 92609.

[Medicaid] Again, this year, Alabama Medicaid will not be mailing a 1095-B form to recipients. Due to a change in law about three years ago, most Medicaid recipients do not need proof of Medicaid coverage to file their taxes.

The Government Operations & Military Affairs committee voted a favorable-funds recommendation on an amendment to S.64 that would expand the Board of Optometry from five to seven members, add an ophthalmologist seat and require one optometrist board member to hold an advanced therapeutic-procedure specialty beginning Jan. 1, 2031; legislative counsel also told the panel Medicaid coverage would apply if services are provided by participating optometrists.

The Vermont House amended H.611, a technical bill for the Department of Vermont Health Access, to postpone steps needed for Medicaid doula coverage, adjust VPharm eligibility and other administrative changes; the House ordered third reading after committee recommendations and a reported lack of state fiscal impact.

Legislative staff presented a strike‑all amendment to H.611 that would (1) remove a state prohibition on offering 340B pricing as rebates, responding to federal preemption rulings and litigation; (2) push the earliest start of Medicaid doula coverage to July 1, 2027, tied to CMS approval; and (3) delete a MAGI reference for the VPharm pharmacy assistance program as a statutory cleanup. Agency and advocate witnesses said the timing and technical fixes are feasible; no votes were recorded.

OPR concludes certification is best regulation approach for doulas after harm study.

Health Access Department praises amendment's potential for timely doula service coverage adjustments

The Judiciary Committee voted to recommend 'inexpedient to legislate' (ITL) on Senate Bill 123-FN following committee discussion about projected costs and limited clinical evidence for auricular acupuncture and Medicaid coverage; the motion was moved by Senator Birdsall and seconded by Senator Rosenwald and passed by voice vote; exact tallies were 

Doctors, patients and health experts are bracing for massive coverage losses as House Republicans are poised to impose Medicaid work requirements as part of the “big, beautiful bill” en…

Maryland Department of Health officials told the Senate Finance Committee the federal HR1/OBA package could result in eligibility losses (immigrant and ACA adults) and up to $2.7 billion in reduced federal funds unless outreach, systems and staffing investments mitigate churn.

Board members discussed recent federal changes that moved some vaccines from universal to population-specific recommendations; presenters said the HHS/CDC press release lacked a transparent evidence review and raised concerns about future coverage for Medicaid/VFC populations.