HB 26 MEDICAID ENVIRONMENTAL MODIFICATION SVCS.

Rep Kathleen M Cates

Actions: HPREF [1] HHHC/HAFC-HHHC [3] DP-HAFC

Scheduled: Not Scheduled

 HB26 is an appropriation bill that provided $5,299,900 for environmental modifications to Medicaid recipients.  

 Synopsis: House Bill 26 increases the recommended limit on environmental modifications services for eligible Medicaid recipients. An appropriation of five million two hundred twenty-nine thousand nine hundred dollars ($5,229,900) is to be made to the Health Care Authority from the General Fund.

Analysis: This is for expenditure in fiscal year 2025 and subsequent fiscal years to increase the recommended limit on environmental modification services for eligible Medicaid recipients to fifteen thousand dollars ($15,000) every five years. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of a fiscal year shall not revert to the General Fund.