Relating to the provision of Medicaid coverage and services to certain inmates under the Medicaid program

Where it is now

1. ✓
   Done: IntroducedJanuary 31, 2024
2. ✓
   Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 31, 2024
3. ✓
   Done: House committeeFebruary 14, 2024
4. ✕
   Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
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 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, 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 requires the department of health and human services (HHS) to submit a request to the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services of the United States department of health and human services for a waiver pursuant to the federal Medicaid reentry section 1115 demonstration opportunity to provide Medicaid coverage and services to facilitate continuity of care and improve care transitions to the community for individuals who are soon to be former inmates of a public institution, and who are otherwise eligible for Medicaid.

From the explanation printed with the bill as introduced, written by the Legislative Services Agency. Amendments adopted later aren’t reflected. Full bill text

House subcommittee

Named March 13, 2024. On March 13, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.

• Rep. Ann Meyer REmail
• Rep. Joel Fry R
• Rep. Ross Wilburn DEmail

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Family tree

Where this legislation came from and where it went: earlier tries, the versions it moved through this Assembly, and later bills built on it.

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