With the expansion of Medicaid on hold, South Dakota lawmakers may find themselves at a summer camp of sorts in Pierre. Legislators generally gather in the off season for summer study committees, but both Chambers may be called into a special session to address the Medicaid issue. District 22 Democratic Representative Peggy Gibson, who is term limited out of the Chamber next year, says she’s hearing a special session could happen…
Republican Senator Jim White, the Assistant Majority Leader in the Senate says Republican leadership has discussed it….
Republican Representative Dick Werner says the Presidential election may play a role in if and when Medicaid expansion may or may not take place…
Both Werner and White said if the issue is not taken up in a special session, it’s likely to be considered as a marque issue in the 2017 legislative session.