MO HB1168

Establishes baseline eligibility requirements for MO HealthNet coverage including Missouri residency, valid Social Security number, U.S. citizenship or qualified alien status, and pregnancy verification for pregnant women applicants.

Requires annual redetermination of all MO HealthNet participants' eligibility effective January 1, 2014, using electronic searches of federal, state, and commercial data sources to verify income, residency, citizenship, and identity.

Expands MO HealthNet coverage effective January 1, 2014, to include families, pregnant women, children under 19, CHIP-eligible children, and uninsured women, with income eligibility standards ranging from the 1996 AFDC standard to 185 percent of federal poverty level.

Creates new eligibility category effective January 1, 2015, for adults age 19-64 earning at or below 100 percent of federal poverty level who are not pregnant and not otherwise eligible for Medicaid, receiving an alternative minimum benefit package unless they are medically frail.

Restricts MO HealthNet coverage for parents and caretaker relatives unless the dependent child receives benefits through MO HealthNet, CHIP, or other minimum essential coverage.