2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                           A SB207 1020

Amendment No. 1020

 

Senate Amendment to Senate Bill No. 207                                                                         (BDR 38‑227)

Proposed by: Committee on Finance

Amendment Box: Replaces Amendment No. 856.

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:              Title:              Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

Adoption of this amendment will MAINTAIN a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of SB207 (§ 1).

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, pages 1 and 2, by deleting lines 3 through 15 on page 1 and lines 1 through 32 on page 2, and inserting:

     “1.  Upon approval of the interim finance committee, the director, through the division of health care financing and policy, shall establish a program for the provision of medical assistance to certain persons who are employed and have disabilities. The director shall establish the program by:

     (a) Amending the state plan for Medicaid in the manner set forth in 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XIII);

     (b) Amending the state plan for Medicaid in the manner set forth in 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(XV); or

     (c) Obtaining a Medicaid waiver from the federal government to carry out the program.

     2.  The director may require a person participating in a program established pursuant to subsection 1 to pay a premium or other cost-sharing charges in a manner that is consistent with federal law.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by deleting sec. 3 and adding a new section designated sec. 3, following sec. 2, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 3.  The director of the department of human resources shall submit a proposal for a program to be established pursuant to section 1 of this act to the interim finance committee for its approval at its first meeting after March 1, 2002. The proposal must be designed, to the extent practicable, to:

     1.  Require no funding from the state general fund; and

     2.  If approved by the interim finance committee, begin operating based on a schedule to develop and carry out the program that is agreed upon by the department of human resources, the interim finance committee and the Federal Government.”.

     Amend the title of the bill to read as follows:

“AN ACT relating to public welfare; requiring the department of human resources to establish, upon approval of the interim finance committee, a program for the provision of medical assistance to certain working persons with disabilities; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.”.

     Amend the summary of the bill to read as follows:

“SUMMARY—Requires department of human resources to establish program for provision of medical assistance to certain working persons with disabilities. (BDR 38-227)”.