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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED | |
RESIDENTS ACT | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Potter, Tanzi, Alzate, Giraldo, Voas, Cortvriend, Biah, | |
Date Introduced: February 03, 2023 | |
Referred To: House Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 40-8.5-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-8.5 entitled "Health Care |
2 | for Elderly and Disabled Residents Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 40-8.5-1. Categorically needy medical assistance coverage. |
4 | (a) The department of human services is hereby authorized and directed to amend its Title |
5 | XIX state plan to provide for categorically needy medical assistance coverage as permitted pursuant |
6 | to Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., as amended, to individuals who |
7 | are sixty-five (65) years or older or are disabled, as determined under § 1614(a)(3) of the Social |
8 | Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1382c(a)(3), as amended, whose income does not exceed one hundred |
9 | percent (100%) one hundred eighty percent (180%) of the federal poverty level (as revised |
10 | annually) applicable to the individual’s family size, and whose resources do not exceed four |
11 | thousand dollars ($4,000) per individual, or six thousand dollars ($6,000) per couple. The |
12 | department shall provide medical assistance coverage to such elderly or disabled persons in the |
13 | same amount, duration, and scope as provided to other categorically needy persons under the state’s |
14 | Title XIX state plan. |
15 | (b) The department of human services is hereby authorized and directed to amend its Title |
16 | XIX state plan to provide for categorically needy medical assistance coverage as permitted pursuant |
17 | to Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., as amended, to individuals who |
18 | are sixty-five (65) years or older as determined under § 1614(a)(3) of the Social Security Act, 42 |
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1 | U.S.C. § 1382c(a)(3), as amended, whose income does not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of |
2 | the federal poverty level (as revised annually) applicable to the individual's family size, and whose |
3 | resources do not exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000) per individual, or six thousand dollars |
4 | ($6,000) per couple. The department shall provide medical assistance coverage to such elderly |
5 | persons in the same amount, duration, and scope as provided to other categorically needy persons |
6 | under the state's Title XIX state plan. |
7 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
OF | |
A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED | |
RESIDENTS ACT | |
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1 | This act would increase the income limits for disabled individuals to one hundred eighty |
2 | percent of the federal poverty level to qualify for medical assistance coverage. |
3 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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