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2006-04-24 House Journal

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2006-04-24                     House Journal                      Page 3300
HB 426                                                                                            
The following, which was held from the April 21, 2006, calendar                                     
(page 3271), was read the second time:                                                              
                                                                                                    

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    HOUSE BILL NO. 426                                                                              
    "An Act relating to medical assistance eligibility and coverage for                             
    persons under 21 years of age."                                                                 
                                                                                                    
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Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
following committee substitute be adopted in lieu of the original bill:                             
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 426(FIN)                                                                  
    "An Act relating to cooperation of insurers with the Department of                              
    Health and Social Services; relating to subrogation, assignment,                                
    and lien rights and notices for medical assistance claims; relating                             
    to recovery of medical assistance overpayments; relating to asset                               
    transfers by medical assistance applicants; relating to medical                                 
    assistance eligibility; relating to home and community-based                                    
    services; relating to medical assistance coverage for persons under                             
    21 years of age; requiring a report by the Department of Health                                 
    and Social Services; and providing for an effective date."                                      
                                                                                                    
There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                                        
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 1 was not offered.                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Amendment No. 2 (title amendment) was offered by Representative                                     
Gara:                                                                                               
                                                                                                    

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Page 1, line 4:                                                                                     
    Following "transfers":                                                                        
         Insert "and income diversion"                                                            
    Delete "relating to medical assistance eligibility;"                                          
 Insert "relating to assets and Medicare enrollment as they                                       
affect medical assistance coverage;"                                                              
                                                                                                    
Page 1, line 5:                                                                                     
    Delete "coverage"                                                                             
    Insert "applications"                                                                         
                                                                                                    
Representative Gara moved and asked unanimous consent that                                          
Amendment No. 2 be adopted.                                                                         
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
Objection was heard and withdrawn.  There being no further objection,                               
Amendment No. 2 was adopted, and the new title follows:                                             
                                                                                                    
    CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 426(FIN)(title am)                                                        
    "An Act relating to cooperation of insurers with the Department of                              
    Health and Social Services; relating to subrogation, assignment,                                
    and lien rights and notices for medical assistance claims; relating                             
    to recovery of medical assistance overpayments; relating to asset                               
    transfers and income diversion by medical assistance applicants;                                
    relating to assets and Medicare enrollment as they affect medical                               
    assistance coverage; relating to home and community-based                                       
    services; relating to medical assistance applications for persons                               
    under 21 years of age; requiring a report by the Department of                                  
   Health and Social Services; and providing for an effective date."                               
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that                                       
CSHB 426(FIN)(title am) be considered engrossed, advanced to third                                  
reading, and placed on final passage.  There being no objection, it was                             
so ordered.                                                                                         
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
CSHB 426(FIN)(title am) was read the third time.                                                    
                                                                                                    
The question being:  "Shall CSHB 426(FIN)(title am) pass the                                        
House?"  The roll was taken with the following result:                                              

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CSHB 426(FIN)(title am)                                                                             
Third Reading                                                                                       
Final Passage                                                                                       
                                                                                                    
YEAS:  35   NAYS:  0   EXCUSED:  2   ABSENT:  3                                                   
                                                                                                    
Yeas:  Berkowitz, Chenault, Cissna, Coghill, Crawford, Dahlstrom,                                   
Foster, Gara, Gardner, Gatto, Gruenberg, Guttenberg, Harris, Hawker,                                
Holm, Joule, Kapsner, Kelly, Kerttula, Kohring, Kott, LeDoux, Lynn,                                 
Meyer, Neuman, Olson, Ramras, Rokeberg, Salmon, Samuels, Seaton,                                    
Stoltze, Thomas, Weyhrauch, Wilson                                                                  
                                                                                                    
Excused:  Croft, Elkins                                                                             
                                                                                                    
Absent:  Anderson, McGuire, Moses                                                                   
                                                                                                    
And so, CSHB 426(FIN)(title am) passed the House.                                                   
                                                                                                    
Representative Coghill moved and asked unanimous consent that the                                   
roll call on the passage of the bill be considered the roll call on the                             
effective date clause.  There being no objection, it was so ordered.                                
                                                                                                    
CSHB 426(FIN)(title am) was referred to the Chief Clerk for                                         
engrossment.