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EXPLANATION: This proviso expands Medicaid for one year.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 33, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, page 389, after line 12, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph to read:
/DURING THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, FROM THE FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN PART I. A. TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, THE STATE SHALL EXPAND THE MEDICAID PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT , P.L. 111-148 OF , AS AMENDED BY THE HEALTH CARE AND EDUCATION RECONCILIATION ACT OF 2010 (ACA), IN ORDER TO PROVIDE COVERAGE TO ADULTS AGE NINETEEN THROUGH SIXTY-FOUR AND FAMILIES WITH INCOME AT OR BELOW ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY-THREE PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL (FPL), WHICH INCLUDES A FIVE PERCENT INCOME DISREGARD, EQUATING TO INCOME AT OR BELOW ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL (FPL). PURSUANT TO THE ACA, FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL FUND ONE HUNDRED PERCENT OF A STATE'S COST OF MEDICAID SERVICES PROVIDED TO THE NEWLY ELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIES UNDER THE MEDICAID EXPANSION.
(B) THE OFFICE OF STATE BUDGET IS DIRECTED TO PROVIDE ANY
AND ALL NECESSARY INCREASED AUTHORIZATION RELATED TO THE
MEDICAID EXPANSION. FURTHERMORE, THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES IS HEREBY DIRECTED TO TAKE ANY AND ALL NECESSARY
STEPS TO IMPLEMENT THE MEDICAID EXPANSION AS PROVIDED FOR IN
SUBSECTION (A) AND SHALL BE THE LEAD AGENCY FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES IS AUTHORIZED TO
SEEK ASSISTANCE FROM ANY STATE OR FEDERAL AGENCIES OR ENTITIES
IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM, AND ALL STATE AGENCIES OR
ENTITIES SHALL PROVIDE WISH ASSISTANCE AS REQUESTED BY THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
/Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.