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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES - HEALTH CARE FOR FAMILIES | |
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Introduced By: Senators Lynch, Miller, Gallo, Sosnowski, and Pearson | |
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Date Introduced: February 12, 2013 | |
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Referred To: Senate Finance | |
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It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 40-8.4 of the General Laws entitled "Health Care For Families" is |
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hereby amended by adding thereto the following section: |
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40-8.4-4.1. Eligibility for Medicare Savings Programs. – Notwithstanding the |
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provisions of any general or public law to the contrary, the secretary of the executive office of |
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health and human services shall increase income disregards used to determine eligibility by the |
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department of human services for the federal qualified medicare beneficiary, the specified low- |
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income medicare beneficiary and the qualifying individual programs, administered in accordance |
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with the provisions of 42 USC 1396d(p), by an amount that equalizes the income levels used to |
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determine eligibility for said programs to income levels at or below one hundred eighty-five |
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percent (185%) of the federal poverty level. Provided, further, the secretary of the executive |
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office of health and human services shall not apply an asset test for eligibility under the medicare |
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savings program and shall submit any Medicaid state plan amendment necessary to implement |
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the provisions of this section. |
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SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
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BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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This act would expand the income disregards or other methodology for parents or relative |
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caretakers eligible for medical assistance under this chapter to income levels that are below one |
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hundred eighty-five percent (185%) of the federal poverty level. |
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This act would take effect upon passage. |
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