HF 434: Relating to Medicaid and children’s health insurance program coverage for certain lawfully residing children, and providing effective date provisions

What it does

This bill requires the department of human services to submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services for approval to ensure that beginning July 1, 2019, the option previously elected by the state to provide coverage under the Medicaid program and the children’s health insurance program coverage to children lawfully residing in the United States in accordance with the federal law includes coverage for compact of free association islands children lawfully residing in the United States. The bill takes effect upon enactment.

In plain words

1. February 19, 2019Filed in the House and sent to the Human Resources committee