HB 310 Summary

• Revises terminology throughout Chapter 35, Title 31, Idaho Code from "medically indigent persons" to "medically indigent residents" and updates associated code references.

• Establishes a combined application for state and county medical assistance, replacing separate application processes, with the department handling medicaid eligibility determination within 31 working days.

• Sets county payment responsibility at $11,000 per resident per consecutive 12-month period, with the state catastrophic health care cost program paying costs exceeding this threshold.

• Modifies the catastrophic health care cost program board structure to include an executive committee with specified authority and requires the board to consult with hospitals and healthcare provider organizations when developing rules.

• Revises application filing deadlines: nonemergency services require 10 days advance notice, emergency services must be filed within 31 days of service provision or admission, and delayed applications may be filed up to 180 days if documentation of other resource claims is provided.