Amendment S-5217 to HF 2698
Relating to and making appropriations for veterans and health and human services, including other related provisions and appropriations including but not limited to the personal needs allowance for certain persons under Medicaid and the state supplementary assistance programs, replacement generation tax revenues, the Medicaid fraud and health care trust funds, the retention of certain revenues by the mental health institutes, the retention of Medicaid eligibility by residents of mental health institutes, the scope of services of the state resource centers, the appropriation of moneys in the juvenile detention home fund, the family investment program account and diversion program, the child support collection services center refund account, the quality assurance assessment payment period, the centers of excellence grant program, an assisted living program revised payment model study, funding for county commissions of veteran affairs, foster care provisions including those relating to a relative or fictive kin, health care employment agencies and health care technology platforms, medical cannabidiol practitioner requirements, nursing facility oversight, and state-funded psychiatry residency and fellowship positions, providing penalties, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions
Failed · April 19, 2024
Filed April 19, 2024 in the Senate by Sen. Janice Weiner (D)
What it changes
- Page 2, by striking line 19 and inserting: “. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 21,088,714”
- Page 3, after line 1 by inserting: “___. Of the funds appropriated in this section, $2,000,000 shall be used by the department of health and human services, in collaboration with affected stakeholders, to continue to expand the pilot initiative to provide long-term care options counseling utilizing support planning protocols, to assist non-Medicaid eligible consumers who indicate a preference to return to the community and are deemed appropriate for discharge, to return to their community following a nursing facility stay; and shall be used by the department to fund home and community-based services to enable older individuals to avoid more costly utilization of residential or institutional services and remain in their homes. The department shall submit a report regarding the outcomes of the pilot initiative to the governor and the general assembly by December 15,
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- By renumbering, redesignating, and correcting internal references as necessary.