HB 320 Summary

• Amends Alaska's Medicaid law to add "professional counseling services" to the list of optional services the department may offer.

• Establishes a new optional women's health services program providing family planning services, health screening examinations, and related services.

• Amends AS 47.07.030(e) to require the department provide services from subsections (a), (b), and (i) to eligible persons participating in approved clinical trials.

• Requires the Department of Health and Social Services to submit amendments to the state Medicaid plan to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for federal approval by January 1, 2023.

• Makes the bill's substantive provisions contingent on federal approval of the state plan amendments, with the effective date occurring the day after the commissioner notifies the revisor of statutes of approval.