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| 5 | 5 | | 2023 -- S 0256 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC000932 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S TATE OF RHODE IS LAND |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2023 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO HUMAN SE RVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED |
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| 16 | 16 | | RESIDENTS ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Gu, Valverde, Sosnowski, Miller, DiPalma, Lawson, DiMario, |
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| 18 | 18 | | and Burke |
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| 19 | 19 | | Date Introduced: February 16, 2023 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Referred To: Senate Finance |
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| 23 | 23 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 1. Section 40-8.5-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-8.5 entitled "Health Care 1 |
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| 25 | 25 | | for Elderly and Disabled Residents Act" is hereby amended to read as follows: 2 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 40-8.5-1. Categorically needy medical assistance coverage. 3 |
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| 27 | 27 | | The department of human services is hereby authorized and directed to amend its Title XIX 4 |
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| 28 | 28 | | state plan to provide for categorically needy medical assistance coverage as permitted pursuant to 5 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., as amended, to individuals who are 6 |
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| 30 | 30 | | sixty-five (65) years or older or are disabled, as determined under § 1614(a)(3) of the Social 7 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1382c(a)(3), as amended, whose income does not exceed one hundred 8 |
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| 32 | 32 | | percent (100%) one hundred thirty-eight percent (138%) of the federal poverty level (as revised 9 |
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| 33 | 33 | | annually) applicable to the individual's family size, and whose resources do not exceed four 10 |
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| 34 | 34 | | thousand dollars ($4,000) per individual, or six thousand dollars ($6,000) per couple. The 11 |
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| 35 | 35 | | department shall provide medical assistance coverage to such elderly or disabled persons in the 12 |
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| 36 | 36 | | same amount, duration, and scope as provided to other categorically needy persons under the state's 13 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Title XIX state plan. 14 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC000932 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 46 | 46 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 47 | 47 | | OF |
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| 48 | 48 | | A N A C T |
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| 49 | 49 | | RELATING TO HUMAN SE RVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED |
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| 50 | 50 | | RESIDENTS ACT |
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| 51 | 51 | | *** |
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| 52 | 52 | | This act would increase the income eligibility limit for medical assistance coverage for 1 |
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| 53 | 53 | | seniors and disabled individuals from one hundred percent (100%) to one hundred thirty-eight 2 |
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| 54 | 54 | | percent (138%) of the federal poverty level. 3 |
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| 55 | 55 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 4 |
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