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1312 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and
1413 Title 71, Chapter 5, relative to expanding medicaid
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1716 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
1817 SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-126, is amended by deleting the
1918 section and substituting:
2019 The governor is authorized to expand medicaid eligibility solely for the purpose of
2120 providing treatment for a patient with a diagnosis of sickle cell disease in accordance
2221 with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Pub. L. No. 111-148). The
2322 governor is authorized to negotiate with the federal centers for medicare and medicaid
2423 services with respect to the terms of medicaid expansion for such purpose.
2524 SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
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