New Hampshire is one step closer to imposing work requirements for Medicaid recipients, as a legislative committee this week approved amendments to the state’s expanded Medicaid program. But the plan moving ahead in the State House would go further than what the federal government has proposed.

Federal work requirements imposed by the Trump Administration call for Medicaid recipients to submit proof that they’ve worked or volunteered at least 80 hours per month in order to remain eligible for the program. That proof must be submitted every six months.

But the New Hampshire House’s Health, Human Service and Elderly Affairs Committee approved a plan this week that would call for quarterly updates, among other requirements that some advocates could say hinder people’s access to Medicaid.

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