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HB 459                                                                       
A message dated June 24 was received on June 25, 1998, stating the             
Governor has signed the following bill and is transmitting the                 
engrossed and enrolled copies to the Lieutenant Governor's office for          
permanent filing:                                                              
                                                                               
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         

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HB 459                                                                       
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."                                                        
                                                                               
Chapter No. 130, SLA 1998                                                     
Effective Date:  See Chapter