1998-03-26                     House Journal                      Page 2747
HB 459                                                                       
The Finance Committee has considered:                                          
                                                                               
HOUSE BILL NO. 459                                                            
"An Act relating to medical assistance for certain disabled persons;          
relating to the priorities established for the medical assistance              
program."                                                                      
                                                                               
and recommends it be replaced with:                                            
                                                                               
CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 459(FIN)                                                
"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            

1998-03-26                     House Journal                      Page 2748
HB 459                                                                       
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 15th 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."                                  
                                                                               
The report was signed by Representatives Therriault and Hanley, Co-            
chairs, with the following individual recommendations:                         
                                                                               
Do pass (11):  Therriault, Hanley, Mulder, Martin, Kohring, Davies,            
Grussendorf, Moses, Davis, Kelly, Foster                                       
                                                                               
The following fiscal notes apply to CSHB 459(FIN):                             
                                                                               
Fiscal notes (4), Dept. of Health & Social Services, 3/11/98                   
                                                                               
HB 459 was referred to the Rules Committee for placement on the                
calendar.