Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act

(1) in subsection (a)—

(A) by striking and at the end of paragraph (86);

(B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (87) and inserting; and; and

(C) by inserting after paragraph (87) the following new paragraph:

(88) beginning January 1, 2026, not provide medical assistance with respect to a month to an able-bodied adult (as defined in subsection (uu)(2)) that has not met the work requirement described in subsection (uu)(1) for such month.; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

For purposes of subsection (a)(88), the work requirement described in this subsection with respect to an able-bodied adult and a month is that such adult satisfies at least one of the following with respect to such month:

(A) The adult works 20 hours or more per week, based on a monthly average.

(B) The adult volunteers for 20 hours or more per week, based on a monthly average.

In this subsection the term able-bodied adult means any individual who is not—

(A) under 18 years of age or over 65 years of age;

(B) medically certified as physically or mentally unfit for employment;

(C) pregnant;

(D) the primary parent or caretaker of a dependent child under 6 years of age;

(E) the primary parent or caretaker of a dependent child with a serious medical condition or disability, as determined by the State agency established or designated to administer or supervise the administration of the State plan;

(F) receiving unemployment compensation under State or Federal law and, as applicable, complying with work requirements under such State or Federal law; or

(G) participating in a drug or alcohol treatment and rehabilitation program (as defined in section 3(h) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008).