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H0001........................................................by MR. SPEAKER
Requested by: Department of Health and Welfare
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE - COST-SHARING - Amends existing law to authorize the
Department of Health and Welfare to implement copayment and other
reasonable cost-sharing methods for medical assistance programs.
01/08 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO |||| Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session - 2001IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 1 BY MR. SPEAKER Requested by: Department of Health and Welfare 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO POWERS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE; AMENDING 3 SECTION 56-203, IDAHO CODE, TO AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO IMPLEMENT 4 COPAYMENT AND OTHER REASONABLE COST-SHARING METHODS FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 5 PROGRAMS AND TO MAKE A TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 56-203, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 56-203. POWERS OF STATE DEPARTMENT. The state department shall have the 10 power to: 11 (a) Enter into contracts and agreements with the federal government 12 through its appropriate agency or instrumentality whereby the state of Idaho 13 shall receive federal grants-in-aid or other benefits for public assistance or 14 public welfare purposes under any act or acts of congress heretofore or here- 15 after enacted; 16 (b) Cooperate with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of 17 any federal acts pertaining to public assistance or welfare services, and in 18 other matters of mutual concern; 19 (c) Cooperate with county governments and other branches of government 20 and other agencies, public or private, in administering and furnishing public 21 welfare services; 22 (d) Enter into reciprocal agreements with other states relative to the 23 provisions of public assistance and welfare services to residents and nonresi- 24 dents; 25 (e) Initiate and administer public assistance and social services for 26 persons physically or mentally handicapped; 27 (f) Establish such requirements of residence for public assistance under 28 this act as may be deemed advisable, subject to any limitations imposed in 29 this act; 30 (g) Define persons entitled to medical assistance in such terms as will 31 meet requirements for federal financial participation in medical assistance 32 payments; 33 (h) Accept the legal custody of children committed to it by district 34 courts of this state under the Child Protective Act, to provide protective 35 supervision as defined therein, to place children for adoption when such chil- 36 dren are in the legal custody of the state department and are legally avail- 37 able for adoption and to exercise consent to adoption when the authority to do 38 so is vested in the department by court order or legally authorized parental 39 relinquishment; 40 (i) Determine the amount, duration and scope of care and services to be 41 purchased as medical assistance on behalf of needy eligible individuals; 42 (j) Manage and operate the Idaho state school and hospital at Nampa, 43 Idaho; 2 1 (k) Implement reasonable copayments for medical assistance as allowed by 2 federal law; provided that providers of services will retain all copayments 3 they collect pursuant to this subsection and will not have their reimbursement 4 for services reduced by the amount of the copayments; 5 (l) Implement other reasonable cost-sharing methods for medical assis- 6 tance as allowed by federal law.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 10537
During the 2000 session, the Legislature passed intent
language for state fiscal year 2001 to implement cost
sharing measures to the extent allowed by federal law
for services funded by the Medicaid program. After
that period, the Department was to propose legislation
to implement longer term cost control measures. The
proposed legislation gives the Department of Health
and Welfare ongoing authority to implement cost sharing
measures for Medicaid services.
FISCAL IMPACT
There is no fiscal impact from this proposed legislation.
CONTACT
Name: Theo MurdockAgency: Division of MedicaidPhone: (208) 364-1805
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