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New Mexico's fast-growing effort to improve early childhood health and development by offering home visits from nurses and counselors would likely be eligible for federal matching funds under Medicaid, a policy expert told lawmakers on Wednesday. (Lee, 5/11)

Add radiologists and public health experts to the chorus of critics over the state budget proposal the Senate is expected to take up tomorrow. The plan hammered out by Democratic leaders last week does not restore $7 million for radiology services for the poor. The money was cut from the state budget last year. (Altimari, 5/11)

Louisiana lawmakers have agreed to block the creation of new Medicaid-financed centers aimed at helping “medically fragile” children. With an 85-0 vote Wednesday, the House gave final legislative passage to a measure placing a one-year moratorium on pediatric day health care centers, not allowing any new ones into the state-funded program until July 2017. (5/12)