Dustin Hurst reports that the Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted Wednesday to align itself with the Idaho House in support of reversing some of last year’s Medicaid cuts.

The panel unanimously supported the idea, which would reinstate $1.5 million in Medicaid services to some targeted program recipients.

The cuts were made in last year’s House Bill 260, which sliced $35 million from the Medicaid program. Rep. Janice McGeachin, R-Idaho Falls, sponsored last year’s legislation and the bill to reverse some of the reductions. She said House Bill 260 had some unintended consequences and that changes needed to be made.