SB 1026: Community Health Worker Services

GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez

Community Health Worker Services; Authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to pay for specified community health worker services as an optional Medicaid service, subject to certain coverage requirements; defining the term “community health worker”; adding community health worker services to the list of Medicaid services authorized for reimbursement on a fee-for-service basis, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 12/30/2025 08:22 AM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Appropriations (AP)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 935 by Skidmore Community Health Worker Services Last Action: 12/29/2025 H Filed	Similar

• Citations - Statute (3)

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  409.906	Optional Medicaid services.	Page 1 (pdf)
  409.908	Reimbursement of Medicaid providers.	Page 3 (pdf)
  409.973	Benefits.	Page 4 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  12/30/2025	S	• Filed
  1/7/2026	S	• Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations