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Committee hears bill to allow Medicaid payment for traditional healing
Summary
The Health Finance and Policy Committee heard testimony on House File 1878, sponsored by Representative Steve Keeler, to allow Medicaid reimbursement for traditional healing services for Indigenous patients; the bill was laid over for possible inclusion in the omnibus bill.
Representative Steve Keeler on behalf of House File 1878 told the Health Finance and Policy Committee the measure would allow traditional healing services to be payable through the Medicaid services system. "This is for just traditional healing, through the Medicaid services system," Keeler told the panel.
The bill’s author framed the proposal as an expansion of culturally specific care rather than a novel policy, noting several other states including Arizona, California, New Mexico, Oregon and recently Utah have taken similar steps. "Other states have…
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