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| 2 | 2 | | HB0151a -1- HB 151 |
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| 5 | 5 | | 34-LS0571\A |
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| 11 | 11 | | HOUSE BILL NO. 151 |
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| 13 | 13 | | IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA |
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| 15 | 15 | | THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION |
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| 17 | 17 | | BY REPRESENTATIVES GALVIN, Fields |
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| 19 | 19 | | Introduced: 3/24/25 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred: Health and Social Services, Finance |
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| 23 | 23 | | A BILL |
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| 25 | 25 | | FOR AN ACT ENTITLED |
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| 27 | 27 | | "An Act relating to continuous eligibility for medical assistance for children under six 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | years of age; and providing for an effective date." 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | * Section 1. AS 47.07.020(i) is amended to read: 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (i) The department shall allow a person under six years of age who is |
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| 33 | 33 | | determined to be eligible for benefits under this chapter to remain eligible for 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | those benefits until the person is six years old. The department may allow a person 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | who is at least six years of age but not over [UNDER] 19 years of age and who is 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | determined to be eligible for benefits under this chapter to remain eligible for those 9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | benefits for up to 11 calendar months following the month that the person is 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | determined eligible for benefits or until the person is 19 years old, whichever occurs 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | earlier. 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | read: 14 34-LS0571\A |
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| 42 | 42 | | HB 151 -2- HB0151a |
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| 45 | 45 | | MEDICAID STATE PLAN FEDERAL APPROVAL. To the extent necessary t o 1 |
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| 46 | 46 | | implement this Act, the Department of Health shall amend and submit for federal approval the 2 |
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| 47 | 47 | | state plan for medical assistance coverage consistent with AS 47.07.020(i), as amended by 3 |
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| 48 | 48 | | sec. 1 of this Act. 4 |
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| 49 | 49 | | * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 5 |
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| 50 | 50 | | read: 6 |
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| 51 | 51 | | CONDITIONAL EFFECT; NOTIFICATION. (a) Section 1 of this Act takes effect 7 |
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| 52 | 52 | | only if the United States Department of Health and Human Services 8 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (1) approves the amendments to the state plan for medical assistance coverage 9 |
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| 54 | 54 | | submitted in accordance with sec. 2 of this Act; or 10 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (2) determines that approval of the amendments to the state plan for medical 11 |
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| 56 | 56 | | assistance coverage submitted in accordance with sec. 2 of this Act is not necessary. 12 |
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| 57 | 57 | | (b) The commissioner of health shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing within 30 13 |
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| 58 | 58 | | days after the United States Department of Health and Human Services approves the 14 |
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| 59 | 59 | | amendments to the state plan or determines that approval is not necessary under this section. 15 |
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| 60 | 60 | | * Sec. 4. If sec. 1 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect on the day after the date the United 16 |
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| 61 | 61 | | States Department of Health and Human Services approves the amendments to the state plan 17 |
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| 62 | 62 | | or determines that approval is not necessary. 18 |
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