MEDICAID

Missouri House of Representatives
93rd General Assembly, 1st Regular Session (2005)
Bills Indexed by Subject
MEDICAID

: Requires implementation of a random drug testing program for persons who receive Medicaid

: Establishes the Missouri Rx Card Program within the Department of Social Services

: Requires employers to report the number of employees receiving public health program benefits

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

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

: Requires hospitals participating in the Medicaid Program to provide services to individuals in state correctional facilities at the Medicaid reimbursement rate

: Makes certain employers ineligible for receipt of any state aid or financial incentives if at least 25% of their workforce earn less than the federal poverty level

: Provides a mechanism for persons who become ineligible for Medicaid benefits on July 1, 2005, to be automatically enrolled in the Senior Rx Program

: Requires health insurers and the Missouri Medicaid Program to provide coverage for services under the First Steps Program

: Modifies the eligibility requirements of an employed disabled person requesting medical assistance under the federal Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999

: Changes the eligibility criteria for receipt of an adoption or foster care subsidy

: Requires the Family Support Division to encourage applicants or recipients of state medical assistance benefits to exhaust any federal Veterans Affairs' benefits prior to the receipt of any state benefits

: Requires health carriers to offer insurance coverage to persons who become ineligible for state medical assistance

: Requires each Medicaid-only health benefit plan in Missouri to pay a reimbursement allowance beginning July 1, 2005

: Changes the eligibility criteria for the receipt of an adoption or foster care subsidy

: Modifies various provisions relating to lead poisoning

: Increases the resource limits for public assistance eligibility for single and married persons

: Requires applicants for Medicaid and CHIPS to identify the proposed beneficiary's employer

: Provides provisions relateing to the Medicaid program

: Provides Medicaid benefits to all cancer patients

: Provides for the exclusion of assets for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance

: Provides for family cost participation in the Part C early intervention system

: Creates the Medical Ownership Program, a medicaid coverage program dealing with managed health savings accounts.

: Modifies provisions in various health care and social services programs

: Creates the Medicaid Reform Commission.

: Establishes a Medicaid Reform Commission to study and review recommendations for the reform of the state Medicaid program.

Missouri House of Representatives
Last Updated August 25, 2005 at 1:26 pm