Legislature(1997 - 1998)
1998-05-08 Senate Journal
Full Journal pdf1998-05-08 Senate Journal Page 3901 HB 459 The Finance Committee considered 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 recipients 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 and recommended it be replaced with SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 459(FIN) 1998-05-08 Senate Journal Page 3902 HB 459 Signing do pass: Senator Pearce, Cochair, Senators Phillips, Torgerson. Signing no recommendation: Senator Sharp, Cochair, Senator Adams. Signing amend: Senator Parnell. Fiscal note for the Senate Committee Substitute published today from Department of Health and Social Services. Previous House fiscal notes apply to the Senate Committee Substitute. The bill was referred to the Rules Committee.