HB 343-SCHOOL DISTRICT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:06:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR PRAX  announced that the  first order of business  would be                                                               
HOUSE  BILL  NO. 343,  "An  Act  relating to  medical  assistance                                                               
coverage  for rehabilitative,  mandatory,  and optional  services                                                               
furnished or paid  for by a school district on  behalf of certain                                                               
children."                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
3:07:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SADDLER asked  a clarifying  question related  to                                                               
the fiscal note for HB 343.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
EMILY RICCI, Deputy Commissioner,  Department of Health, answered                                                               
committee  questions on  HB  343.   She  said  the Department  of                                                               
Health  (DOH) does  not  anticipate  a need  for  an increase  in                                                               
funding  for any  services  outlined under  HB  343 that  utilize                                                               
Medicaid.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:09:11 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR PRAX asked whether medical  services given to a child would                                                               
still require parental consent if HB 343 were to become law.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
LEAH VAN KIRK, Health Care  Policy Advisor, Department of Health,                                                               
answered committee questions  on HB 343.  She  said that parental                                                               
consent  is  always  required  to   give  care  to  a  child  and                                                               
emphasized that HB 343 wouldn't change that requirement.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
3:09:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR RUFFRIDGE moved  to report HB 343 out  of committee with                                                               
individual  recommendations and  the  accompanying fiscal  notes.                                                               
There being  no objection, HB 343  was reported out of  the House                                                               
Health and Social Services Standing Committee.