House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Jobs and Opportunities for Medicaid Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 10, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 17, 2023 — Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1551.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. LaTURNER, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 46, March 10, 2023, Page H1280):Article I, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: This bill amends the Social Security Act to implement a minimum work requirement for able-bodied adults enrolled in State Medicaid programs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 10, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 204 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1551, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1551
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 3 Republicans
0 of 3 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jake Ellzey (R-TX), Glenn Grothman (R-WI), Mary Miller (R-IL).
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jake LaTurner.
- H.Res. 465 (118th) Expressing support for AM radios in automobiles.
- H.R. 6344 (118th) Simon Crosier Act
- H.R. 7380 (118th) PURR Act of 2024
- H.R. 5847 (118th) International Children with Disabilities Protection Act of 2023
- H.R. 1550 (118th) Jobs and Opportunities for SNAP Act
- H.R. 6823 (118th) Kelsey Smith Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.