1998-05-11                     Senate Journal                      Page 4064
HB 459                                                                       
The Rules 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(RLS) 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 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. (title change authorized by SCR 31)                                      
                                                                               
                                                                               

1998-05-11                     Senate Journal                      Page 4065
HB 459                                                                       
Signing to calendar: Senator Kelly, Chair, Senators Torgerson,                 
Leman, Taylor, Duncan.                                                         
                                                                               
Previous Senate and House fiscal notes apply to the Senate                     
Committee Substitute.                                                          
                                                                               
The bill is on todays first supplemental calendar.