Medicaid block grant bill passes another committee

Rep. Timothy Hill (R-Blountville) was successful Tuesday in pushing his bill that would have Tennessee ask the federal government for a block grant of its Medicaid funding through the House Insurance Committee.

After the Republican priority passed in a subcommittee last week, it now heads to the Finance, Ways and Means Committee. In the Senate, the bill has been referred to the Commerce and Labor Committee, but it has not been scheduled for a hearing.