00                       CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 151(HSS)                                                                    
01 "An Act relating to continuous eligibility for medical assistance for children under six                                
02 years of age; and providing for an effective date."                                                                     
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 47.07.020(i) is amended to read:                                                                   
05 (i)  The department shall allow a person under six years of age who is                                              
06 determined to be eligible for benefits under this chapter to remain eligible for                                    
07 those benefits until the person is six years old. The department may allow a person                                 
08 who is at least six years of age but not over [UNDER] 19 years of age and who is                                
09 determined to be eligible for benefits under this chapter to remain eligible for those                                  
10       benefits for up to 11 calendar months following the month that the person is                                      
11       determined eligible for benefits or until the person is 19 years old, whichever occurs                            
12       earlier.                                                                                                        
13    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
14 read:                                                                                                                   
01 MEDICAID STATE PLAN; WAIVERS. The Department of Health shall, as                                                        
02 necessary for federal approval by the United States Department of Health and Human                                      
03 Services, submit amendments to the state plan for medical assistance coverage or apply for                              
04 any waivers necessary to implement AS 47.07.020(i), as amended by sec. 1 of this Act.                                 
05    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
06 read:                                                                                                                   
07       CONDITIONAL EFFECT; NOTIFICATION. (a) Section 1 of this Act takes effect                                          
08 only if, on or before July 1, 2027, the United States Department of Health and Human                                    
09 Services                                                                                                                
10 (1)  approves the waivers or amendments to the state plan for medical                                                   
11 assistance coverage submitted in accordance with sec. 2 of this Act; or                                                 
12 (2)  determines that approval of the waivers and amendments to the state plan                                           
13 for medical assistance coverage submitted in accordance with sec. 2 of this Act is not                                  
14 necessary.                                                                                                              
15 (b)  The commissioner of health shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing within 30                               
16 days after the United States Department of Health and Human Services approves the waivers                               
17 or amendments to the state plan or determines that approval of the waivers and amendments is                            
18 not necessary under this section.                                                                                       
19    * Sec. 4. If sec. 1 of this Act takes effect, it takes effect on the day after the date the United                 
20 States Department of Health and Human Services approves the waivers or amendments to the                                
21 state plan or determines that approval of the waivers and amendments is not necessary.