HF 2204: Providing for Medicaid coverage of power standing device equipment on power wheelchairs for Medicaid recipients with a permanent physical disability

What it does

This bill requires the department of health and human services to require all Medicaid managed care organizations contracting with the department, upon the request of a Medicaid recipient, to cover the costs of power standing device equipment on power wheelchairs as reasonable and medically necessary for the recipient’s independence, function, health, and well-being, if the Medicaid recipient has a permanent physical disability. The bill defines “power standing device equipment” for the purposes of the bill.

Lobbying · 6 for, 0 against

For: Exceptional Persons, Inc.; Imagine the Possibilities; Mosaic; Nishna Productions Inc.; One Vision; Village Northwest Unlimited

In plain words

1. January 29, 2024Filed in the House and sent to the Health and Human Services committee