The benefit expansion was the result of a 2021 budget deal between Gov. Janet Mills and state lawmakers, according to the report.
In 2011, then-Gov. Paul Lepage stripped Medicaid and CHIP eligibility from people with certain immigration statuses, according to the report. Prior to that, Maine specifically included immigrants in those programs.
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