Revision: May 23, 2024, 3:48 p.m.
Sen. Bradley, Dist 3
May 21, 2024
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05/06
Floor Amendment to HB 1236
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT establishing a pilot recruitment and retention program within the department of health and human services and relative to the income eligibility for "in and out medical assistance" under the state Medicaid plan.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 2 with the following:
3 Department of Health and Human Services; Income Eligibility for "In and Out Medical Assistance." Amend 2020, 39:1 to read as follows:
39:1 Department of Health and Human Services; Income Eligibility for "In and Out Medical Assistance." The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall amend the income eligibility requirement for "in and out medical assistance" defined in section 625 of the department's medical assistance manual as less than or equal to 133 1/3 percent of the section 1931 income limit or using methodology as described in section 1902(r)(2) of the federal Social Security Act. Subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, effective January 1, 2025, the income eligibility limit shall be increased by 3.2 percent. Beginning July 1, 2025, and annually thereafter each July 1, the income eligibility limit shall be adjusted in accordance with the federal Social Security Administration’s annual cost of living adjustment in effect on January 1 of the same respective calendar year.
4 Department of Health and Human Services; Income Eligibility for "In and Out Medical Assistance;” Supplemental Appropriation. The sum of $671,298 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purposes of implementing section 3 of this act. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The department may accept and expend matching federal funds for this purpose without prior approval of the fiscal committee.
I. Section 2 of this act shall take effect September 15, 2025.
II. Sections 3 and 4 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2024.
III. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill establishes a pilot recruitment and retention program in the department of health and human services. The bill also directs the department of health and human services to increase the income eligibility limit for "in and out medical assistance" under the state Medicaid plan, and makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose.