1998-05-12                     House Journal                      Page 3916
HB 459                                                                       
A message dated May 12, 1998, was read stating the Senate has                  
passed:                                                                        
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 459(FIN) am                                             
"An Act establishing new eligibility for medical assistance for               
certain disabled persons and giving their eligibility for services the         
highest priority among optional services and groups under the                  
medical assistance program; amending the definition of 'personal               
care services in a recipient's home' as used in the medical                    
assistance program; moving midwife services from being the first               
to being the 14th service eliminated under the medical assistance              
program when there is insufficient funding; and adjusting the                  
priority of optional services and optional eligible groups under the           
medical assistance program in order to reflect the new priorities              
given to the newly-eligible disabled persons and to midwife                    
services but without otherwise changing the relative order of the              
other optional services and optional groups."                                  
                                                                               
                                                                               
with the following amendment and it is transmitted for consideration:          
                                                                               

1998-05-12                     House Journal                      Page 3917
HB 459                                                                       
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 459(RLS)                                  
"An Act establishing new eligibility for medical assistance for               
certain disabled persons and giving their eligibility for services the         
highest priority among optional services and groups under the                  
medical assistance program; amending the definition of 'personal               
care services in a recipient's home' as used in the medical                    
assistance program; moving midwife services from being the first               
to being the seventh service eliminated under the medical                      
assistance program when there is insufficient funding; adjusting               
the priority of optional services and optional eligible groups under           
the medical assistance program in order to reflect the new                     
priorities given to the newly-eligible disabled persons and to                 
midwife services but without otherwise changing the relative order             
of the other optional services and optional groups; relating to                
catastrophic illness assistance; establishing a medical assistance             
program for chronic and acute medical conditions; and providing                
for an effective date."                                                        
                                                                               
                                                                               
(New title authorized by SCR 31.)                                              
                                                                               
                                                                               
CSHB 459(FIN) am is under Unfinished Business.