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AR SB278

Bill

Status

Failed

5/1/2023

Primary Sponsor

Bryan King

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Origin

Senate

94th General Assembly (2023 Regular)

AI Summary

  • Terminates the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me Program effective December 31, 2024, and transfers all enrolled beneficiaries to traditional Arkansas Medicaid on July 1, 2023

  • Department of Human Services must notify all current and new enrollees of the program's end date and submit necessary Medicaid state plan amendments and federal waivers by the effective date of the act

  • Repeals Arkansas Code § 23-61-1001 et seq. (the Arkansas Health and Opportunity for Me Act of 2021) and related trust fund provisions in § 19-5-1146

  • Allows continued payment of expenses incurred before December 31, 2024, by program participants and permits the department to prohibit new enrollees during the transition period

  • Amends premium tax and insurance marketplace provisions to remove references to the terminated program while maintaining related provisions for the Arkansas Health Insurance Marketplace

Legislative Description

To Terminate The Arkansas Health And Opportunity For Me Program; And To Transfer All Beneficiaries In The Arkansas Home And Opportunity For Me Program To The Traditional Arkansas Medicaid Program.

Last Action

Sine Die adjournment

5/1/2023

Committee Referrals

Public Health, Welfare And Labor2/15/2023

Full Bill Text

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