Introduced
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To require state Medicaid officials to presume that a person in a nursing facility is eligible for Medicaid if an eligibility determination is not made within 45 days, or if the beneficiary may be required to spend-down their assets to become eligible.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (S-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the Senate 33 to 1 (details)
To require state Medicaid officials to establish that a person in a nursing facility is eligible for Medicaid within a prescribed period of time, add department resources for accomplishing this, and authorize $3 million to pay nursing home for accommodating an individual who is not eligible until his or her assets fall below allowable amounts.
Referred to the Committee on Families, Children and Seniors
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the substitute (H-1) be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Substitute offered
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The substitute passed by voice vote
Passed in the Senate 37 to 1 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)
To require state Medicaid officials to establish that a person in a nursing facility is eligible for Medicaid within a prescribed period of time, add department resources for accomplishing this, and authorize $3 million to pay nursing home for accommodating an individual who is not eligible until his or her assets fall below allowable amounts.
