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HSB 226Died when the session ended · March 8, 2023

HSB 226

Topics:TaxesMedicaid

Where it is now

  1. Done: IntroducedMarch 8, 2023
  2. Done: SubcommitteeMarch 8, 2023
  3. Stopped: House committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
  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 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

DIVISION I —— MEDICAID EXTENDED POSTPARTUM COVERAGE. _____ last day of the pregnancy ends. 1319) provide the option to states to submit a state plan amendment to provide postpartum Medicaid coverage for months after the end of a pregnancy for a five-year period. A provision under the federal Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023 removed the five-year limitation. This division of the bill requires the department of health and human services (HHS) 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 of the new option to provide months of continuous postpartum coverage under the Medicaid program to pregnant women enrolled in the Medicaid program.

Read the full explanation

The division of the bill takes effect upon enactment. DIVISION II —— MEDICAID EXTENDED POSTPARTUM COVERAGE —— APPROPRIATION. This division of the bill appropriates moneys from the general fund of the state to HHS for FY 2023-2024 and FY 2024-2025 for the state costs of postpartum coverage under the Medicaid program.

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 8, 2023. It hasn’t reported yet.

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Lobbying

18 for · 0 against · 3 undecided · Who →

Tried before

This idea has been filed in an earlier General Assembly. None got through a chamber.

  • SF 2005 Relating to the Medicaid extended postpartum coverage option
    89th General Assembly · In committee · similar
    Cleared committee

Similar bills this General Assembly

  • HF 690 Relating to the Medicaid extended postpartum coverage option, making an appropriation, and…
    90th General Assembly · In committee
    Nearly identical
  • SF 57 Relating to the Medicaid extended postpartum coverage option and including effective date …
    90th General Assembly · In committee
    Very similar

Matched by the wording of each bill’s explanation, or an identical title. Companion bills and renumbered versions of this bill aren’t listed; they’re the same bill.