HB0020 • 2011

Medicaid-reimbursement of services.

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; authorizing payment to relatives of persons with developmental disabilities or acquired brain injuries as specified; amending a definition; creating a definition; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

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Sponsor: Dev/intelec Programs
Last action: 2011-03-03
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 3/3/2011

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Amendments

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HB0020HS001

Standing Committee • H10

Adopted

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HB0020SS001

Standing Committee • SCOTT

Adopted

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Bill History

2011-03-03 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number
2011-03-03 Governor
Governor Signed HEA0091
2011-03-02 Senate
S President Signed HEA No. 0091
2011-03-01 House
H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0091
2011-03-01 LSO
Assigned Number HEA0091
2011-03-01 Senate
S Adopted HB0020JC01
2011-02-28 House
H Adopted HB0020JC01
2011-02-23 Senate
S Appointed JCC01 Members
2011-02-23 House
H Appointed JCC01 Members
2011-02-23 House
H Did Not Concur
2011-02-22 House
H Received for Concurrence
2011-02-22 Senate
S Passed 3rd Reading
2011-02-18 Senate
S Passed 2nd Reading
2011-02-17 Senate
S Passed CoW
2011-02-17 Senate
S Amendments Adopted
2011-02-17 Senate
Amendment Adopted
2011-02-14 Senate
S Placed on General File
2011-02-14 Senate
S10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
2011-01-27 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S10
2011-01-25 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2011-01-20 House
H Passed 3rd Reading
2011-01-19 House
H Passed 2nd Reading
2011-01-18 House
H Passed CoW
2011-01-18 House
H Amendments Adopted
2011-01-18 House
Amendment Adopted
2011-01-17 House
H Placed on General File
2011-01-17 House
H10 Recommended Amend and Do Pass
2011-01-12 House
H Introduced and Referred to H10
2011-01-11 House
H Received for Introduction
2010-11-30 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill No.: <billno> Drafter: <drafterinit>

Bill No.:
HB0020
Drafter:

JWL

LSO No.:
11LSO-0049
Effective Date:

3/3/2011

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0091

Chapter No.:
164

Prime Sponsor:
Select Committee on Developmental/Intellec-tual
Programs

Catch Title:
Medicaid-reimbursement
of services.

Subject:
Authorization
of reimbursement for family caregivers in Medicaid home and community based
waiver programs.

Summary/Major Elements:

Current Medicaid law excludes from the definition
of reimbursable medical services those services and supplies provided by any
relative of the recipient.

This act:

o

Authorizes Medicaid to pay
"family caregivers" providing care in the Medicaid home and community
based waiver programs for persons with developmental disabilities or acquired
brain injuries;

o

Defines "family caregivers"
and requires that they be certified by the Department of Health in the same
manner as non-family caregivers and that they provide care through a
corporation or limited liability company;

o

Directs the Department to
amend the state Medicaid plan and apply for a waiver from the Centers for
Medicaid and Medicare Services, if necessary to implement this act.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE
BILL

NO.
0020

ENROLLED ACT NO. 91, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2011 GENERAL SESSION

AN ACT relating to
Medicaid; authorizing payment to relatives of persons with developmental disabilities
or acquired brain injuries
as specified; amending a definition; creating a definition;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.
W.S. 42
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4
‑
102(a)(ii) and by creating a new paragraph (xi) is amended to read:

42
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4
‑
102.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this chapter:

(ii)

"Medical assistance" means partial or full payment of the reasonable charges assessed by any authorized provider of the services and supplies enumerated under W.S. 42
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4
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103 and consistent with limitations and reimbursement methodologies established by the department, which are provided on behalf of a qualified recipient, excluding those services and supplies provided by any relative of the recipient
, unless the relative is a family caregiver
providing services
through a corporation or a limited liability company, which corporation or limited liability company the relative may own,
under a home and community based waiver program
,
or for cosmetic purposes only;

(xi)

"Family caregiver" means a
relative
of a
waiver recipient
with a dev
elopmental disability
or acquired brain injury,
who provid
es
waiver services

through a corporation or a limited liability company, which corporation or limited liability company the relative may own,
to the person with a developmental disability
or acquired brain injury
and
who meets the requirements for a qualified family caregiver as established by rules promulgated by the department
.
Family caregivers shall be certified by the department in the same manner as nonfamily caregivers.
For purposes of providing for reimbursement of services to a family caregiver, the department shall amend the state plan and apply for a waiver from the centers for Medicaid and Medicare services, as necessary.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk