JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Thursday was another deadline day for Mississippi lawmakers. Medicaid expansion was once again on the line, following some updates in the Mississippi Senate.

Senators gave somewhat of an update on their Medicaid expansion plans in a roundabout way. They opted to let their own Medicaid expansion bill die on the calendar on Thursday. They will now move forward by inserting Senate language in the House bill.

The senators will attach a strike-all amendment to the House bill, which allows lawmakers to essentially rewrite the bill and insert new language.

State Senator Kevin Blackwell (R-District 19), chairman of the Senate Medicaid Committee, offered few details as to what the language will consist of. All we know as of Thursday afternoon is that a work requirement will be included.

“Our plan is to let our bill die on the calendar, and then we’ll take up the House bill, do a strike all and put our Senate language in that bill. The only thing I can say at this time, I think we’ve mentioned before, there will be work requirements in our bill, and we’ll have more to, to say as we develop it. But we’re still working on the details. I would imagine we’ll have a committee hearing sometime middle of next week, and we’ll discuss the full bill at that time,” said Blackwell.

He would not elaborate on what that work requirement would look like, only saying that it will be similar to what other states have.

Details have been slim regarding what exactly the Senate plan was from the outset of their expansion talks. Their original bill never included any text, just he relevant legal code sections.

The future of the House bill remains uncertain.