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SF0037 • 2012

Medicaid waiver funding.

AN ACT relating to Medicaid; providing an appropriation to reduce the number of persons on waiting lists for services under the home and community based waiver programs; requiring notice from the governor if waiting lists exceed specified limits; and providing for an effective date.

Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Labor
Last action
2012-02-21
Official status
inactive
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Bill History

  1. 2012-02-21 Senate

    S Placed on General File; Did Not Consider in CoW

  2. 2012-02-21 Senate

    S02 Recommended Do Not Pass

  3. 2012-02-17 Senate

    S Rereferred to S02

  4. 2012-02-17 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  5. 2012-02-17 Senate

    S10 Recommended Do Pass

  6. 2012-02-14 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S10

  7. 2012-02-13 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  8. 2012-01-20 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT
2012
STATE OF
WYOMING
12LSO-0182

SENATE FILE
NO.
SF0037

Medicaid waiver funding.

Sponsored by:
Joint Labor, Health and Social Services Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
Medicaid; providing an appropriation to reduce the number of persons on waiting list
s
for services under the home and community based waiver programs;
requiring notice from the governor if waiting lists exceed specified limits;

and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.

There is appropriated
fourteen m
illion dollars ($14,000,000.00)
from the
general
fund
and fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000.00) in federal funds
to the
department of health.
This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 201
4, to be expended only
for the purpose of
providing services under the Medicaid child and adult home and community based waiver services programs to
persons who have been wait listed for more than six (6) months, and under the acquired brain injury home and community based waiver services program to persons who have been wait listed for more than one (1) month.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, this appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on
June 30, 2014.
This appropriation shall be included in the
department's
subsequent
standard biennial budget request
s
.

Section 2.

The governor shall immediately notify the members of the joint labor, health and social services interim committee and the members of the joint appropriations interim committee in writing if the waiting list for services under either the Medicaid child or adult home and community based waiver services program exceeds six (6) months or if the waiting list for services under the acquired brain injury home and community based waiver services program exceeds one (1) month. The notice shall include an explanation of the governor's decision not to use his authority under W.S. 9
‑
2
‑
1005(b) to transfer
sufficient funds to ensure that the waiting lists do not exceed these time periods.

Section
3
.

This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

(END)

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