U.S. Senate advances health and human services spending bill

On June 1, 2026, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued an Interim Final Rule with Comment Period (IFR) establishing binding standards for how states must implement Medicaid community engagement ("work") requirements enacted under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21), also referred to as H.R. 1. 

Allegheny County, Pa.'s “Forward with Families” initiative aims to create an additional 5,000 childcare and after-school slots across the county over the next five years.

The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare introduced five bipartisan bills aimed at modernizing the Chafee Foster Care Program.