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Relating to the maximum amount of available resources disregarded under the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities program
Sponsored by the House Appropriations Committee
Topics:Health careFamilies & human servicesMedicaid
Same legislation: HSB 747
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedApril 3, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeApril 3, 2024
- Done: House committeeApril 10, 2024
- Stopped: Passes the HouseDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- 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
AI summary People with disabilities who are working can earn more money and still qualify for the Medicaid program. The new rules also allow married couples to have more savings available before they lose their eligibility. These changes help more people stay covered by increasing the income and resource limits.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the Medicaid for employed people with disabilities (MEPD) program. Currently, the income eligibility level requirement for the MEPD program is 250 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. The bill increases the income eligibility level to 300 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. Currently, for the purposes of determining the resources of an individual to meet the eligibility requirements for the MEPD program, a maximum of $10,000 of available resources is disregarded, in addition to any additional resources held in a retirement account, in a medical savings account, or in any other account approved under rules adopted by the department of health and human services (HHS). The bill maintains the maximum amount of $10,000 in available resources disregarded for an individual, but provides that for the purposes of determining the resources of a couple, a maximum amount of $21,000 of available resources is disregarded in addition to additional resources held in a retirement account, in a medical savings account, or in any other account approved under rules adopted by HHS.
House subcommittee
Named April 3, 2024 (as HSB 747). On April 8, 2024 it recommended passage. Vote Total: 3-0.
Three legislators hear a bill first and recommend what the committee should do; it’s the best time to weigh in. How to take part
4 written public comments to its subcommittee: April 8, 2024 (4) · on the Legislature’s site
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