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Find your state’s Medicaid work requirement guidance

Independent and unofficial, not legal advice or a state eligibility determination. Use your state’s notice and agency instructions.

Key takeaways

  • A federal deadline is not a verified start date for every individual.
  • This directory includes only state guidance checked for this content review.
  • Nebraska and Utah publish different effective dates and review instructions. 1 2
  • A missing state entry means needs confirmation, not no requirement.

All states

Nebraska and Utah are the only detailed guides in this review. Every other state is not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is shown for an unverified state.

  • Alabama

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Alaska

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Arizona

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Arkansas

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • California

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Colorado

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Connecticut

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Delaware

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • District of Columbia

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Florida

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Georgia

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Hawaii

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Idaho

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Illinois

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Indiana

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Iowa

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Kansas

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Kentucky

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Louisiana

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Maine

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Maryland

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Massachusetts

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Michigan

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Minnesota

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Mississippi

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Missouri

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Montana

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Nebraska

    Verified guide. Published start on the state page: May 1, 2026.

    Nebraska Medicaid work requirements

  • Nevada

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • New Hampshire

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • New Jersey

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • New Mexico

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • New York

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • North Carolina

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • North Dakota

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Ohio

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Oklahoma

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Oregon

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Pennsylvania

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Rhode Island

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • South Carolina

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • South Dakota

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Tennessee

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Texas

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Utah

    Verified guide. Published start on the state page: January 1, 2027.

    Utah Medicaid work requirements

  • Vermont

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Virginia

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Washington

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • West Virginia

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Wisconsin

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

  • Wyoming

    Not verified / needs confirmation. No start date is listed.

    Use the agency named on your enrollment notice.

Which state Medicaid work rules have been verified here?

This review provides detailed pages for Nebraska and Utah because their official agencies publish usable implementation guidance. 1 2

Which state Medicaid work rules have been verified here?
StatePublished startTiming detailGuide
NebraskaMay 1, 2026Applicant and renewal review periods differ.Nebraska
UtahJanuary 1, 2027New applicants and existing members use different review periods.Utah

State guidance last checked: November 8, 2026 CET. This table is not a 50-state applicability map, a list of all expansion states or proof that no other state has a rule.

Why is my renewal date different from a state start date?

A program can begin on one date while an existing member’s first check is tied to an individual renewal or assessment period. 1 2 3

A new application may look at a month before the application. A renewal may look for qualifying participation during the period since the last eligibility determination. States can have additional verification schedules. Keep the state’s effective date, your assessed month and the deadline on your notice as three separate pieces of information.

What should I do if my state is not listed?

Use your own state Medicaid agency and enrollment notice, and treat this site’s state-specific answer as unconfirmed.

Look for official agency guidance on “community engagement” as well as “work requirements.” A state portal may use a program name different from “Medicaid.” Use the agency website identified on your enrollment notice rather than a search advertisement or a third-party checker. This review does not provide an independently checked agency-directory entry for every state.

Ask the agency:

  1. Am I in a Medicaid group subject to this requirement?
  2. Which application or renewal month is being checked?
  3. Has an exclusion already been verified?
  4. Which activities, education or income route can satisfy the rule?
  5. What response is needed, through which official channel, and by what date?

Are state medical-exemption pages always up to date?

Not necessarily; a state summary may predate the October 29, 2026 medical-frailty order. 4

Do not use an older “cannot work” summary as the sole reason to rule yourself out. Read the exemption update and ask the agency about its current interpretation. State timing may be verified while a particular exemption question still needs confirmation.

Which sources support this page?

The cited documents support this page’s treatment of Find your state’s Medicaid work requirement guidance; government sources do not endorse this website. Last checked: 2026-11-08 (CET, Europe/Stockholm).

  1. Nebraska DHHS Work Requirements; May 1, 2026 start; live applicant and renewal instructions (leaves this independent site).
  2. Utah DHHS Community Engagement Requirement; January 1, 2027 start; live member instructions (leaves this independent site).
  3. Public Law 119-21, July 4, 2025; section 71119, statutory pages 306–315; section 10102 for SNAP (leaves this independent site).
  4. Connecticut Attorney General; October 29, 2026; vacatur, injunction and six-month enforcement protection for plaintiff states (leaves this independent site).