Senator McLeod proposes the following amendment (LC-39.DG0185S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 1, by adding a Section to read:

Section 59-8-190.(A) Upon the effectiveness of subsection (B), notwithstanding any other provisions of Section 59-8-110(3), for purposes of determining a student's eligibility to receive a scholarship, the expanded Medicaid also extends to a student's statement of Medicaid eligibility.

(B) The plan prepared by the department and submitted for federal approval in accordance with the requirements of Section 44-6-40 and pursuant to Section 1396a of Subchapter XIX, Chapter 7, Title 42 of the United States Code, for health insurance plans offered beginning January 1, 2024, must make medical assistance available to individuals under sixty-five years of age whose income does not exceed one hundred thirty-three percent of the federal poverty level, with a five percent income disregard, who are not already eligible for such medical assistance.