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| 2 | 2 | | Introduced Version |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1262 |
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| 4 | 4 | | _____ |
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| 5 | 5 | | DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL |
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| 6 | 6 | | Citations Affected: IC 12-15-1.3-18.5. |
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| 7 | 7 | | Synopsis: Home and community based services waivers. Requires the |
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| 8 | 8 | | office of the secretary of family and social services to apply to the |
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| 9 | 9 | | United States Department of Health and Human Services for an |
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| 10 | 10 | | amendment to each home and community based services Medicaid |
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| 11 | 11 | | waiver to exclude the income and resources of a spouse when |
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| 12 | 12 | | determining an individual's eligibility for the waiver. |
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| 13 | 13 | | Effective: July 1, 2025. |
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| 14 | 14 | | Greene |
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| 15 | 15 | | January 9, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health. |
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| 16 | 16 | | 2025 IN 1262—LS 6566/DI 147 Introduced |
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| 17 | 17 | | First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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| 18 | 18 | | PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana |
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| 19 | 19 | | Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type, |
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| 20 | 20 | | additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type. |
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| 21 | 21 | | Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional |
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| 22 | 22 | | provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the |
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| 23 | 23 | | word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds |
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| 24 | 24 | | a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution. |
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| 25 | 25 | | Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts |
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| 26 | 26 | | between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. |
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| 27 | 27 | | HOUSE BILL No. 1262 |
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| 28 | 28 | | A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning |
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| 29 | 29 | | human services. |
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| 30 | 30 | | Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. IC 12-15-1.3-18.5 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 18.5. (a) Before September 1, |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 2025, the office of the secretary shall apply to the United States |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5 Department of Health and Human Services for an amendment to |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 each home and community based services Medicaid waiver to |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 exclude the income and resources of a spouse when determining an |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8 individual's eligibility for a home and community based services |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9 Medicaid waiver. |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 (b) The office of the secretary shall implement the changes in |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11 determining eligibility for a home and community based services |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12 Medicaid waiver specified in subsection (a) beginning on the date |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 on which the United States Department of Health and Human |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 Services approves the request for changes by the office of the |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15 secretary under this section. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 2025 IN 1262—LS 6566/DI 147 |
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