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IN HB1283
Bill
Status
1/12/2016
Primary Sponsor
Bruce Borders
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AI Summary
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Allows active members of the U.S. armed forces or national guard who are legal Indiana residents assigned outside Indiana to maintain Medicaid eligibility and waiver services.
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Extends Medicaid eligibility and waiver services to dependents of qualifying service members under the same conditions.
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Permits individuals and dependents to remain on Medicaid waiver waiting lists while assigned or deployed outside Indiana without losing their place in line.
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Provides 90 days of continued Medicaid waiver services following discharge from service or postdeployment.
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Requires the office to resume Medicaid services when the individual or dependent returns to Indiana and meets other eligibility requirements.
Legislative Description
Medicaid and members of the military. Allows an individual and the individual's dependent to maintain Medicaid eligibility and remain on Medicaid waiver waiting lists if the individual is: (1) an active member of the armed services of the United States or the national guard; (2) a legal Indiana resident; and (3) assigned for duty or deployed outside of Indiana.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health
1/12/2016