Relating to massage therapy including the inclusion of massage therapy as a covered service under Medicaid managed care, the creation of an exemption from the computation of net income for the individual income tax of amounts paid for massage therapy, and including applicability provisions

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedFebruary 6, 2019
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   Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
3. Next: House committee
4. Next: Passes the House
5. Next: Senate committee
6. Next: Passes the Senate
7. Next: To the Governor
8. Next: Signed into law

Died when the session ended The 2020 session adjourned on June 14, 2020, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?

What’s in it

This bill relates to massage therapy services and payment for massage therapy. Division I of the bill requires the department of human services to submit any Medicaid program waiver or state plan amendment necessary to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services for approval to include massage therapy as a covered service under Medicaid managed care. The waiver or state plan amendment shall request the inclusion of massage therapy as a covered service for Medicaid members for whom massage therapy is not otherwise a covered service when the massage therapy is determined medically necessary by the member’s primary care provider or specialist.

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