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SCR104................................................by HEALTH AND WELFARE
MEDICALLY INDIGENT - HEALTH CARE - Stating findings of the Legislature
concerning medically indigent health care and directing the development of
a test program by the Department of Health and Welfare in cooperation with
participating counties; and requiring a report.
02/03 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/04 Rpt prt - to 10th Ord
02/07 10th Ord - ADOPTED - voice vote
Floor Sponsor - Compton
Title apvd - to House
02/08 House intro - 1st rdg - to Health/Wel
03/11 Rpt out - Ref'd to W/M
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]]
Fifty-eighth Legislature First Regular Session - 2005
IN THE SENATE
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 104
BY HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
2 STATING FINDINGS OF THE LEGISLATURE CONCERNING MEDICALLY INDIGENT HEALTH CARE
3 AND DIRECTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A TEST PROGRAM BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
4 HEALTH AND WELFARE IN COOPERATION WITH PARTICIPATING COUNTIES AND REQUIR-
5 ING A REPORT.
6 Be It Resolved by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 WHEREAS, the state of Idaho has an incident-based health care program for
8 the medically indigent that is funded entirely with county and state funds;
9 and
10 WHEREAS, the Department of Health and Welfare, at the direction of the
11 Legislature, has been meeting with representatives of the Idaho Association of
12 Counties and others with an interest in health care to explore and evaluate
13 ways in which present county medical indigency programs could be used to match
14 federal funds through the state's Medicaid Program.
15 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the members of the First Regular Session
16 of the Fifty-eighth Idaho Legislature, the Senate and the House of Representa-
17 tives concurring therein, that the Department work with the representatives of
18 the Idaho Association of Counties and other health care interests to implement
19 a test program in volunteer counties to be matched with federal Medicaid dol-
20 lars. The eligible population will be adults between the ages of nineteen and
21 sixty-four with incomes of up to one hundred eighty-five percent of the fed-
22 eral poverty level. The Legislature acknowledges that the test program will
23 require approval of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
24 (CMS) prior to implementation.
25 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Idaho Association of Counties report the
26 results of the test program to the Second Regular Session of the Fifty-eighth
27 Idaho Legislature, along with recommendations for any further legislative
28 action based on the findings of the test program, to implement a statewide
29 program.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 14460
This Senate Concurrent Resolution is drafted to provide the
Legislature with an opportunity to encourage the Department to
work with the Idaho Association of Counties and other health care
interests to explore and evaluate ways in which county medical
indigency programs could be used to match federal Medicaid funds.
The resolution incorporates a test program for eligible adults
that, contingent upon approval from the Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid, would be implemented in volunteer counties. The
Department would report the results of the test program to the
fifty-ninth Legislature along with recommendations for further
legislative action.
FISCAL IMPACT
The coordination with the Idaho Association of Counties and the
work associated with the test program are estimated to cost
$113,200 in year one. After the test program has been completed
and evaluated, the Department will provide the findings and
projected costs of future implementation to the Legislature for
further legislative action.
CONTACT
Name: Leslie Clement
Agency: Health and Welfare
Phone: 364-1804
Statement of Purpose/Fiscal Impact SCR 104