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SENATE BILL NO. 168
IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA
THIRTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE - FIRST SESSION
BY SENATOR GRAY-JACKSON
Introduced: 4/11/25
Referred: Health & Social Services, Finance
A BILL
FOR AN ACT ENTITLED
"An Act relating to medical assistance eligibility for family planning services; and 1
providing for an effective date." 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 3
* Section 1. AS 47.07.030(b) is amended to read: 4
(b) In addition to the mandatory services specified in (a) of this section and the 5
services provided under (d) of this section, the department may offer only the 6
following optional services: case management services for traumatic or acquired brain 7
injury; case management and nutrition services for pregnant women; personal care 8
services in a recipient's home; emergency hospital services; long-term care 9
noninstitutional services; medical supplies and equipment; advanced practice 10
registered nurse services; clinic services; rehabilitative services for children eligible 11
for services under AS 47.07.063, substance abusers, and emotionally disturbed or 12
chronically mentally ill adults; targeted case management services; inpatient 13
psychiatric facility services for individuals 65 years of age or older and individuals 14 34-LS0894\A
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under 21 years of age; psychologists' services; clinical social workers' services; marital 1
and family therapy services; professional counseling services; midwife services; 2
prescribed drugs; physical therapy; occupational therapy; chiropractic services; low-3
dose mammography screening, as defined in AS 21.42.375(e); hospice care; treatment 4
of speech, hearing, and language disorders; adult dental and dental hygiene services; 5
prosthetic devices and eyeglasses; optometrists' services; intermediate care facility 6
services, including intermediate care facility services for persons with intellectual and 7
developmental disabilities; skilled nursing facility services for individuals under 21 8
years of age; [AND] reasonable transportation to and from the point of medical care; 9
and family planning services and supplies to individuals of child-bearing age who 10
are not pregnant and whose household income does not exceed 225 percent of the 11
federal poverty line as defined by the United States Department of Health and 12
Human Services and revised under 42 U.S.C. 9902(2). 13
* Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 14
read: 15
MEDICAID STATE PLAN FEDERAL APPROVAL. To the extent necessary t o 16
implement this Act, the Department of Health shall amend and submit for federal approval the 17
state plan for medical assistance coverage consistent with AS 47.07.030(b), as amended by 18
sec. 1 of this Act. 19
* Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to 20
read: 21
CONDITIONAL EFFECT; NOTIFICATION. (a) This Act takes effect only if, on or 22
before January 1, 2026, the United States Department of Health and Human Services 23
(1) approves the amendments to the state plan for medical assistance coverage 24
under AS 47.07.030(b); or 25
(2) determines that its approval of the amendments to the state plan for 26
medical assistance coverage under AS 47.07.030(b) is not necessary. 27
(b) The commissioner of health shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing within 30 28
days after the United States Department of Health and Human Services approves the 29
amendments to the state plan or determines that approval is not necessary under this section. 30
* Sec. 4. If this Act takes effect, it takes effect January 1, 2026. 31