04/04/2003 09:01 AM Senate FIN

                                                                                                                                
     SENATE BILL NO. 109                                                                                                        
     "An  Act repealing  the statute  that sets  priorities for  the                                                            
     Department   of  Health  and   Social  Services  to   apply  to                                                            
     administration  of the  medical assistance  program when  there                                                            
     are insufficient  funds allocated in the state  budget for that                                                            
     program;  authorizing the department  to make cost containment                                                             
     decisions  that  may include  decisions  about  eligibility  of                                                            
     persons   and  availability  of  services  under   the  medical                                                            
     assistance program; and providing for an effective date."                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This was  the second  hearing for  this bill in  the Senate  Finance                                                            
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Wilken  noted this legislation relates to  a "Medicaid cost                                                            
containment  list"  and that  testimony had  been  heard during  the                                                            
previous hearing                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Green  offered a motion to report the bill  from Committee.                                                            
                                                                                                                                
Without objection,  SB 109 with individual recommendations  and zero                                                            
fiscal note  #1 from the Department  of Health and Social  Services,                                                            
MOVED from Committee.