PIERRE, (KCCR) — The South Dakota House of Representatives has passed a measure to send to South Dakota voters a way to build flexibility into the state’s constitutional mandate of Medicaid expansion. Representative Tony Venhuizen of Sioux Falls says House Joint Resolution 5001 could protect the state if federal funding for Medicaid expansion changes…
Representative Kadyn Wittman says the resolution would fly in the face of the voter’s intent…
Representative Will Mortenson of Fort Pierre says the resolution does not disrespect the will of the people…
The measure passed the House on a 54 to 12 vote with three excused.
