00                             HOUSE BILL NO. 185                                                                          
01 "An Act relating to medical assistance eligibility for family planning services; and                                    
02 providing for an effective date."                                                                                       
03 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
04    * Section 1. AS 47.07.030(b) is amended to read:                                                                   
05 (b)  In addition to the mandatory services specified in (a) of this section and the                                     
06 services provided under (d) of this section, the department may offer only the                                          
07 following optional services: case management services for traumatic or acquired brain                                   
08 injury; case management and nutrition services for pregnant women; personal care                                        
09 services in a recipient's home; emergency hospital services; long-term care                                             
10 noninstitutional services; medical supplies and equipment; advanced practice                                            
11 registered nurse services; clinic services; rehabilitative services for children eligible                               
12 for services under AS 47.07.063, substance abusers, and emotionally disturbed or                                        
13 chronically mentally ill adults; targeted case management services; inpatient                                           
14 psychiatric facility services for individuals 65 years of age or older and individuals                                  
01 under 21 years of age; psychologists' services; clinical social workers' services; marital                              
02 and family therapy services; professional counseling services; midwife services;                                        
03 prescribed drugs; physical therapy; occupational therapy; chiropractic services; low-                                   
04 dose mammography screening, as defined in AS 21.42.375(e); hospice care; treatment                                      
05 of speech, hearing, and language disorders; adult dental and dental hygiene services;                                   
06 prosthetic devices and eyeglasses; optometrists' services; intermediate care facility                                   
07 services, including intermediate care facility services for persons with intellectual and                               
08 developmental disabilities; skilled nursing facility services for individuals under 21                                  
09 years of age; [AND] reasonable transportation to and from the point of medical care;                                
10 and family planning services and supplies to individuals of child-bearing age who                                   
11 are not pregnant and whose household income does not exceed 225 percent of the                                      
12 federal poverty line as defined by the United States Department of Health and                                       
13       Human Services and revised under 42 U.S.C. 9902(2).                                                           
14    * Sec. 2. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
15 read:                                                                                                                   
16 MEDICAID STATE PLAN FEDERAL APPROVAL. To the extent necessary to                                                        
17 implement this Act, the Department of Health shall amend and submit for federal approval the                            
18 state plan for medical assistance coverage consistent with AS 47.07.030(b), as amended by                               
19 sec. 1 of this Act.                                                                                                     
20    * Sec. 3. The uncodified law of the State of Alaska is amended by adding a new section to                          
21 read:                                                                                                                   
22 CONDITIONAL EFFECT; NOTIFICATION. (a) This Act takes effect only if, on or                                              
23 before January 1, 2026, the United States Department of Health and Human Services                                       
24 (1)  approves the amendments to the state plan for medical assistance coverage                                          
25 under AS 47.07.030(b); or                                                                                               
26 (2)  determines that its approval of the amendments to the state plan for                                               
27 medical assistance coverage under AS 47.07.030(b) is not necessary.                                                     
28 (b)  The commissioner of health shall notify the revisor of statutes in writing within 30                               
29 days after the United States Department of Health and Human Services approves the                                       
30 amendments to the state plan or determines that approval is not necessary under this section.                           
31    * Sec. 4. If this Act takes effect, it takes effect January 1, 2026.