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| 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 2 | SENATE BILL 1356 | |
| 3 | 3 | By Akbari | |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | HOUSE BILL 1393 | |
| 6 | 6 | By Pearson | |
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| 8 | 8 | ||
| 9 | 9 | HB1393 | |
| 10 | 10 | 003055 | |
| 11 | 11 | - 1 - | |
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| 13 | 13 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, | |
| 14 | 14 | Chapter 5, relative to medical assistance. | |
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| 16 | 16 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 71-5-126, is amended by deleting the | |
| 18 | 18 | section and substituting: | |
| 19 | 19 | (a) The governor, acting through the commissioner of finance and | |
| 20 | 20 | administration, is directed to submit to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid | |
| 21 | 21 | services an application for a new waiver, no later than one hundred eighty (180) days | |
| 22 | 22 | after the effective date of this act, that provides medical assistance coverage for | |
| 23 | 23 | individuals whose gross annual income does not exceed one hundred thirty-eight | |
| 24 | 24 | percent (138%) of the federal poverty level. | |
| 25 | 25 | (b) A waiver requested pursuant to subsection (a), if approved by the federal | |
| 26 | 26 | government and the commissioner of finance and administration, takes effect | |
| 27 | 27 | immediately. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |