States findings of the Legislature and calls on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to review and expeditiously approve pending Medicaid waivers.

ThisjointmemorialtothePresidentandU.S.CongressreaffirmstheIdahoLegislature’scommitmenttoplacing critical sideboards on the Medicaid program. In 2019 the Legislature enacted four (4) modifications of the federal program with an eye toward restraining costs and improving health care services for recipients. It directed the Department of Health & Welfare to seek waiver approval for the modifications from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Those petitions were duly submitted by the Department of Health & Welfare by the fall of 2019. Yet the federal government has yet to provide the State of Idaho with an official response. This memorial seeks to gain the new Administration’s help in securing approval for the four waivers.