Bill > S1418

This bill appropriates funding to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Medicaid program in Idaho for the fiscal year 2021. The key provisions include: 1. Appropriating over $3.1 billion in total funding for various Medicaid programs, including Medicaid Administration and Medical Management, Coordinated Medicaid Plan, Enhanced Medicaid Plan, Basic Medicaid Plan, and Expansion Medicaid Plan. 2. Authorizing the Medicaid Administration and Medical Management Program to have no more than 216 full-time equivalent positions. 3. Allowing for the transfer of funding between certain Medicaid programs, but prohibiting transfers to other programs within the Department. 4. Requiring the Department to provide Medicaid services only to the extent of available funding and resources. 5. Mandating monthly reporting on Medicaid expenditures and forecasting. 6. Directing the Department to develop a state plan amendment to allow for Medicaid-covered home visiting services, with priority for at-risk children. 7. Requiring a report on the allocation of increased reimbursement rates for community supported employment services. 8. Implementing cost-sharing requirements for the expanded Medicaid population with incomes above 185% of the federal poverty level.

Budget and Finance, Justice

Finance Committee (Senate)

https://legislature.idaho.gov/sessioninfo/2020/legislation/S1418/