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ID S1100
Bill
Status
2/11/2019
Primary Sponsor
Health and Welfare Committee
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AI Summary
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Expands Medicaid eligibility to include persons under 65 years of age whose modified adjusted gross income is 133% of the federal poverty level or below, effective upon passage and approval as an emergency measure.
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Requires the Department of Health and Welfare to submit state plan amendments to federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services within 90 days and inform eligible Medicaid participants of an available employment and training program.
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Directs the department to provide premium assistance for qualified health plans through the Idaho health insurance exchange for persons with income above 100% of federal poverty level instead of enrolling them in Medicaid, with authority to seek necessary federal waivers.
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Requires the director to research federal waiver options for cost-efficient use of Medicaid funds to pay for substance abuse and mental health services in institutions for mental disease.
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Mandates Senate and House health and welfare committees review all impacts of Medicaid expansion by January 31, 2023, and make a recommendation to the legislature; expansion becomes void if federal financial participation drops below 90%.
Legislative Description
Amends existing law to provide for optional enrollment in an employment and training program for certain Medicaid participants, to provide for premium assistance for qualified health plans, to provide for research on waiver opportunities, to provide for a review of Medicaid eligibility expansion, and to provide that expansion will be null and void if federal financial participation is reduced below a certain rate.
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Last Action
Reported Printed; referred to Health & Welfare
2/12/2019