MEDICAID

Missouri House of Representatives
94th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2007)
Bills Indexed by Subject
MEDICAID

: Requires prompt processing of Missouri Medicaid Program subrogation claims and requires third-party payers to provide certain information to the Division of Medical Services

: Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance

: Allows any resident of a nursing home who receives Missouri Medicaid Program benefits to retain not less than $50 per month for discretionary spending

: Prohibits a person denied federal disability benefits based on a lack of disability from receiving any state benefits based on a disability

: Changes the laws regarding fraud and abuse in the Missouri Medicaid Program

: Increases the resource limit for eligibility for medical assistance

: Prohibits health insurers from discriminating against any willing provider in the geographic region of the health benefit plan

: Requires that Missouri Medicaid Program benefit payments be of a sufficient amount to cover the reasonable cost of the services provided

: Requires school districts to develop policies to incorporate social and emotional development into their educational programs

: Specifies that under the MO HealthNET program, the successor to the Missouri Medicaid Program, providers can receive enhanced reimbursement for certain services

: Increases resource limits for medical assistance eligibility and requires the Department of Social Services to apply for an amendment to the home and community-based waiver to extend eligibility

: Modifies the eligibility requirements for the Missouri Medicaid Program

: Extends medical assistance through 21 years of age for certain foster children

: Expands eligibility for the Missouri Rx Plan to retired persons 65 years of age or older with incomes of up to $25,000 for individuals and $50,000 for married couples

: Allows and strongly encourages the Missouri Medicaid Program, prisons, and schools that serve as Medicaid providers to use telehealth services where appropriate

: Extends the expiration date of the Missouri Medicaid Program from June 30, 2008, to June 30, 2009

: Extends the expiration of the Missouri Medicaid Program to June 30, 2010

: Urges the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to withdraw a portion of its proposed rules that would change the status of Truman Medical Center as a government owned or operated hospital

SB 4 --- Sponsor: Grisamore, Jeff
: Extends the FRA, Pharmacy Tax, Nursing Facility Reimbursement Allowance, and Medicaid Managed Care Reimbursement Allowance sunsets

SB 15 --- Sponsor: Scott, Delbert
: Establishes a long-term care insurance public-private partnership program

SB 95 --- Sponsor: Bray, Joan
: Requires applicants for Medicaid and CHIP to identify the proposed beneficiary's employer

SB 108 --- Sponsor: Wilson, Yvonne S.
: Extends medical assistance beyond the age of eighteen for certain foster children

SB 179 --- Sponsor: Green, Timothy P.
: Requires any applicant for health care benefits under a public assistance program to identify his or her employer

SB 191 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Enacts provisions on children's mental health

SB 248 --- Sponsor: Days, Rita D.
: Establishes a long-term care insurance public-private partnership program

SB 274 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
: Creates the "Healthcare Technology Fund"

SB 465 --- Sponsor: Callahan, Victor E.
: Authorizes individuals to sue for Medicaid fraud and modifies various provisions relating to the reporting and investigating of such fraud

SB 490 --- Sponsor: Mayer, Robert
: Modifies provisions relating to citizens most at risk for exploitation

SB 577 --- Sponsor: Shields, Charles W.
: Enacts the "Missouri Health Improvement Act of 2007"

SB 581 --- Sponsor: Shoemyer, Wes
: Modifies provisions relating to the state medical assistance program

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated October 23, 2007 at 9:16 am