HB0138 Child health insurance program amendments.

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Summary for LSO115

Bill No.:
HB0138
Effective
:
7/1/2016

LSO No.:
16LSO-0331

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA No. 0001

Chapter No.:
[Chapter Number_RO]

Prime Sponsor:
Larsen

Catch Title:
Child health insurance program amendments.

Subject:

Summary/Major Elements:

Comm
ents:

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2016
STATE OF WYOMING
16LSO-0331
ENGROSSED
2.1

HOUSE BILL

NO.

HB0138

Child health insurance program amendments.

Sponsored by:
Representative(s) Larsen

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to health care; amending the child health insurance program as specified; specifying the benefits offered by the program; specifying allowable cost containment actions; amending obsolete language; repealing provisions related to enrollment and priority for the receipt of program benefits; repealing provisions related to the qualification of parents and guardians for program benefits; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 35
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25
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104 and 35
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25
‑
107(
a)(intro) and (c) are amended to read:

35
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25
‑
104
.

Private insurance program benefits.

A child eligible for services under this act shall receive benefits developed by the health benefits committee established under W.S. 35
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25
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105 that include cost sharing factors, not to exceed the maximum allowable under Public Law 105
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33, exclusions and limitations. The benefit package
,

shall include, at a minimum, inpatient and outpatient hospital services, physician services, laboratory and x
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ray services, well
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baby and well
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child care including age appropriate immunizations and the additional services of prescription drug coverage, vision coverage and dental coverage which will include preventive and basic services developed by
the health benefits committee

conforming to the requirements of minimum essential coverage under
26 U.S.C. § 5000A
.

35
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25
‑
107
.

Program expenditures; monitoring; recommendations; required action to limit expenditures to budget available.

(a)

The department shall project monthly expenditures under this act each month through the end of the biennium based upon the level of activity for the previous months and the trend in expenditures compared to previous
expenditures.
If the projections indicate that expenditures may exceed the federal and state funds available under this act, the department, may, by rule and regulation and subject to availability of funds, limit participation in the program under this section as follows:
The department may consider cost containment actions having no adverse effect on eligibility standards, methods and procedures.

(c)

The funding for the child health insurance program shall be deemed to be included within the
community and family health
division
of health care financing
line item within the department of health budget unless a separate line item is provided in the budget bill. General fund expenditures for the child health program shall not exceed the amount needed to match federal funds without explicit authorization enacted in the budget bill.

Section 2
.

W.S. 35
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25
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107(
a)(i) and (ii) and 35
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25
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111 are repealed.

Section
3
.

This act is effective July 1, 2016.

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HB0138

Child health insurance program amendments.

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