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2013 Bill(s)

* SCS HCS HB 986
Sponsor: Barnes, Jay
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Create a task force to report on changing Medicaid. SA 2 prohibits health information organizations charging fees for exchanging clinical summaries for patients. The SCS contains a provision to fund First Steps for disabled that was to be funded by a bill vetoed by the governor. The HCS also extends the termination date of "Ticket to Work" that provides Medicaid for lower-income disabled workers and extends Medicaid for some orphans. Only Medicaid bill alive in the closing weeks of the legislative session. The SCS makes it a joint legislative committee on Medicaid.
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  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

  • Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.