TITLE 31

COUNTIES AND COUNTY LAW

CHAPTER 35

HOSPITALS FOR INDIGENT SICK

31-3502.  eligibility for financial assistance. (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the contrary, no person eligible for medicaid pursuant to section 56-254 or 56-267, Idaho Code, shall be eligible for financial assistance pursuant to this chapter as it existed on March 1, 2022.

(2)  Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the contrary, no person eligible for health insurance shall be eligible for financial assistance pursuant to this chapter as it existed on March 1, 2022.

(3)  Notwithstanding any provision of law or rule to the contrary, no person in a commitment proceeding pursuant to chapter 3, title 66, Idaho Code, who is eligible for medicaid or eligible for health insurance shall be eligible for financial assistance pursuant to this chapter as it existed on March 1, 2022.

(4)  A board of county commissioners, the board of the catastrophic health care cost program, or the department of health and welfare receiving an application for assistance for services received through March 31, 2022, shall process such application pursuant to this chapter as it existed on March 1, 2022.

(5)  It is the intent of the legislature that moneys saved by counties pursuant to this section may be used for additional county aid to public health districts as required by section 39-424A, Idaho Code.

History:

[(31-3502) 31-3505H, added 2021, ch. 336, sec. 1, p. 1020; am. and redesig. 2022, ch. 318, sec. 24, p. 1020.]