MS HB1093

Director of Division of Medicaid must apply to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) within 90 days for Section 1115 waivers to implement experimental, pilot, or demonstration projects under Medicaid or CHIP.

Waiver application must include provisions for monthly eligibility redetermination, point-of-service verification, elimination of retroactive eligibility, asset testing, monthly cost-sharing of at least $25 or 5% of net income, and work requirements for able-bodied adults.

Waiver may include copayments for emergency department and ambulance use, missed appointments, health savings accounts, direct primary care arrangements, telemedicine expansion, and transition of pregnant women and children to private insurance using Medicaid funding.

Director must submit waiver amendments annually by February 1 beginning in 2018, consulting with House and Senate Medicaid Committee chairmen at least 60 days prior to submission.

Director must confirm waiver submission by March 1 of each year to the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Speaker of the House, and Medicaid Committee chairmen.