2018 House Bill 5590

Impose work requirement on able-bodied Medicaid recipients

Introduced in the House

Feb. 15, 2018

Introduced by Rep. Klint Kesto (R-39)

To require the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services to petition the federal Department of Health and Human Services for a “waiver” that would allow the state to impose some form of work, job-training or community service requirement as a condition of able-bodied individuals accepting Medicaid health coverage benefits. See also House Bill 5317.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations