1998-05-08                     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.