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Introduced
02/14/2018
02/14/2018
In Committee
03/05/2018
03/05/2018
Crossed Over
02/27/2018
02/27/2018
Passed
03/08/2018
03/08/2018
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
03/16/2018
03/16/2018
Introduced Session
2018 Budget Session
Bill Summary
AN ACT relating to welfare; requiring the department of family services to recover birth costs paid by medical assistance from specified persons; providing procedures for the calculation and collection of birth costs; creating accounts; providing rulemaking authority; requiring specified persons to cooperate with a paternity determination as a condition of eligibility for medical assistance; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for effective dates.
AI Summary
This bill requires the Department of Family Services to recover birth costs paid by Medicaid from the father of the child, if paternity has been established. The bill sets forth procedures for calculating and collecting the birth costs, based on the father's income level relative to the federal poverty level. It also creates two special accounts to allocate the recovered funds. The bill makes conforming amendments to existing laws and specifies the applicability of these provisions to births covered by Medicaid on or after July 1, 2018.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance, Health and Social Services
Sponsors (8)
Eric Barlow (R)*,
Dan Furphy (R)*,
Mark Jennings (R)*,
Tyler Lindholm (R)*,
Jared Olsen (R)*,
Clark Stith (R)*,
Liisa Anselmi-Dalton (D),
Charles Scott (R),
Last Action
Chapter No. 131 Session Laws of Wyoming 2018 (on 03/16/2018)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | http://www.wyoleg.gov/2018/Digest/HB0086.pdf |
| State Bill Page | http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Digest/HB0086.pdf |
| BillText | http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Enroll/HB0086.pdf |
| BillText | http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Engross/HB0086.pdf |
| BillText | http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Introduced/HB0086.pdf |
| Fiscal Note | http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2018/Fiscal/HB0086.pdf |
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