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H0696aa...............................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
WEIGHT CONTROL PILOT PROJECT - Adds to existing law to direct the Director
of the Department of Health and Welfare to apply for a waiver to conduct a
pilot project for services related to weight control if funding is
available; and to provide limitations.
02/13 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/16 Rpt prt - to Health/Wel
02/26 Rpt out - to Gen Ord
Rpt out amen - to engros
02/27 Rpt engros - 1st rdg - to 2nd rdg as amen
03/01 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg as amen
03/04 3rd rdg as amen- PASSED - 36-27-7
AYES -- Andersen, Block, Boe, Campbell, Cannon, Cuddy, Deal, Douglas,
Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Field(18), Garrett, Henbest, Jaquet,
Jones, Kellogg, Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin, Meyer, Miller,
Mitchell, Naccarato, Pasley-Stuart, Ringo, Robison, Sali, Sayler,
Shepherd, Skippen, Smith(30), Snodgrass, Trail(Bennett), Wood, Mr.
Speaker
NAYS -- Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bayer, Bedke, Bell, Bolz, Clark,
Collins, Denney, Eskridge, Field(23), Gagner, Harwood, Kulczyk, Lake,
Langford, McKague, Moyle, Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Roberts, Rydalch,
Schaefer, Smylie, Stevenson
Absent and excused -- Black, Bradford, Crow, Nielsen, Shirley,
Smith(24), Wills
Floor Sponsor - Henbest
Title apvd - to Senate
03/05 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/09 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/10 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/18 3rd rdg - PASSED - 19-13-3
AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Bunderson, Burkett, Calabretta, Compton,
Darrington, Davis, Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Malepeai, Marley,
McWilliams, Noh, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
NAYS -- Bailey, Burtenshaw, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Lodge,
McKenzie, Noble, Richardson, Sorensen, Sweet, Williams
Absent and excused -- Cameron, Pearce, Schroeder
Floor Sponsor - Ingram
Title apvd - to House
03/19 To enrol - Rpt enrol - Sp signed - Pres signed
03/22 To Governor
03/23 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 269
Effective: 07/01/04
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 696
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO MEDICAID; AMENDING CHAPTER 2, TITLE 56, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDI-
3 TION OF A NEW SECTION 56-209m, IDAHO CODE, TO DIRECT THE DIRECTOR OF THE
4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER TO CONDUCT A PILOT
5 PROJECT FOR SERVICES RELATED TO WEIGHT CONTROL BASED UPON AVAILABLE FUND-
6 ING.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Chapter 2, Title 56, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
9 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
10 ignated as Section 56-209m, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
11 56-209m. WEIGHT CONTROL PILOT PROJECT. Based upon available funding, the
12 director of the department of health and welfare is directed to apply for the
13 appropriate waiver or waivers from the centers for medicare and medicaid ser-
14 vices for the state medicaid program to conduct a pilot project to determine
15 the effectiveness of, and projected cost savings which may result from, pro-
16 viding reimbursement for weight control therapies, including anorexic drugs,
17 and nutritional, diet and exercise counseling, in the state medicaid drug pro-
18 gram.
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
Moved by Henbest
Seconded by Martinez
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE AMENDMENT TO H.B. NO. 696
1 AMENDMENT TO SECTION 1
2 On page 1 of the printed bill, in line 18, following "gram" insert: ",
3 with the following limitations:
4 (1) Participation in the pilot program shall be limited to one hundred
5 (100) clients;
6 (2) The length of the pilot program shall be limited to three (3) years;
7 (3) Participation shall be limited to clients with a body mass index
8 (BMI) over twenty-five (25); and
9 (4) The department shall report annually to the senate and house health
10 and welfare committees concerning the progress on all programs initiated under
11 the waiver".
12 CORRECTION TO TITLE
13 On page 1, in line 6, following "ING" insert: "AND TO PROVIDE LIMITA-
14 TIONS".
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session - 2004
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 696, As Amended
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO MEDICAID; AMENDING CHAPTER 2, TITLE 56, IDAHO CODE, BY THE ADDI-
3 TION OF A NEW SECTION 56-209m, IDAHO CODE, TO DIRECT THE DIRECTOR OF THE
4 DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND WELFARE TO APPLY FOR A WAIVER TO CONDUCT A PILOT
5 PROJECT FOR SERVICES RELATED TO WEIGHT CONTROL BASED UPON AVAILABLE FUND-
6 ING AND TO PROVIDE LIMITATIONS.
7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
8 SECTION 1. That Chapter 2, Title 56, Idaho Code, be, and the same is
9 hereby amended by the addition thereto of a NEW SECTION, to be known and des-
10 ignated as Section 56-209m, Idaho Code, and to read as follows:
11 56-209m. WEIGHT CONTROL PILOT PROJECT. Based upon available funding, the
12 director of the department of health and welfare is directed to apply for the
13 appropriate waiver or waivers from the centers for medicare and medicaid ser-
14 vices for the state medicaid program to conduct a pilot project to determine
15 the effectiveness of, and projected cost savings which may result from, pro-
16 viding reimbursement for weight control therapies, including anorexic drugs,
17 and nutritional, diet and exercise counseling, in the state medicaid drug pro-
18 gram, with the following limitations:
19 (1) Participation in the pilot program shall be limited to one hundred
20 (100) clients;
21 (2) The length of the pilot program shall be limited to three (3) years;
22 (3) Participation shall be limited to clients with a body mass index
23 (BMI) over twenty-five (25); and
24 (4) The department shall report annually to the senate and house health
25 and welfare committees concerning the progress on all programs initiated under
26 the waiver.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14029 C1
This bill directs the department of Health and Welfare to
apply for a waiver from the Center for Medicare and Medicaid
Services to conduct a pilot project to determine the
effectiveness of priority reimbursement for weight control
therapies.
FISCAL IMPACT
Preliminary estimates are: a pilot would effect 100 persons
and cost $1,500 per client. State share of the cost would be
$45,000. The pilot would not go forward unless funding was
available.
Contact
Name: Representative Henbest
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 696