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EXPLANATION: Establish work requirements for certain medicaid beneificiaries and close gap of coverage for parent/caretaker relatives
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 33,
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, page 352, after line
16, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/(DHHS: Community Engagement Requirements) (A) The
Department of Health and Human Services may not implement any
waiver sought pursuant to this proviso unless it has first been
determined to meet any relevant federal budget neutrality
tests.
(B) With funds available to the department in the
current fiscal year and to address social determinants of health
by promoting employment, retraining, or other appropriate
activities through community engagement requirements, the
department shall, as permitted by law:
(1) apply community engagement
requirements to currently enrolled Parents/Caretaker Relatives,
and
(2) eliminate existing policies that
discourage work, and extend coverage only to those
Parents/Caretaker Relatives with incomes between 67 and 100
percent of the federal poverty line who have either:
(a) agreed to
meet the new community engagement requirements during the term
of their coverage, or
(b) been
exempted from community engagement requirements by law or
policy, such as populations including but not necessarily
limited to children, the elderly, or persons with
disabilities.
(3) Submit to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services no later than August 31, 2018 one or more waiver
applications or other instruments necessary to implement each of
the above items as expeditiously as possible.
(C) The Department of Employment and Workforce and
any other requested state agency or institution shall support
the department's development and implementation of community
engagement standards so as to promote employment, retraining,
volunteering, and other activities that foster
independence./
Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.