Introduced
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To require the state to suspend but not terminate Medicaid eligibility for an individual with a “serious emotional disturbance” or mental illness if the person is in jail, prison, a state mental health inpatient program or a “youth correctional center.” This would permit the individual to start getting Medicaid benefits again immediately after release.
Referred to the Committee on Judiciary
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the bill pass.
Passed in the Senate 38 to 0 (details)
Referred to the Committee on Appropriations
Reported without amendment
With the recommendation that the amendment be adopted and that the bill then pass.
Passed in the House 109 to 0 (details)
To require the state to suspend but not terminate Medicaid eligibility for an individual with a “serious emotional disturbance” or mental illness if the person is in jail, prison, a state mental health inpatient program or a “youth correctional center.” This would permit the individual to start getting Medicaid benefits again immediately after release.
Passed in the Senate 37 to 0 (details)
To concur with the House-passed version of the bill.
