House committee greenlights amended Medicaid work requirements proposal

Rep. Brad Barrett introduces a bill in the Senate health committee on March 26, 2025. (Whitney Downard/Indiana Capital Chronicle)

A bill that would tighten Medicaid eligibility and add work requirements for certain programs was amended and passed out of the Ways and Means Committee in just under an hour on Wednesday, moving on a party-line vote.

Earlier that day, a separate committee advanced two other bills impacting the state’s low-income health coverage program, with one seeking to establish a “diversion” program to the state’s fastest-growing expense…

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