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House Health Committee reports bill requiring nursing homes to notify residents about Medicaid legal help
Summary
House Bill 348 would require long-term care nursing facilities to provide a standard notice at admission about the option to obtain legal representation for Medicaid applications; the Department of Human Services must post the notice online in multiple languages or formats.
House Bill 348, sponsored by Representative Bonner, was reported as committed by the House Health Committee after members discussed the bill’s goal of informing long-term care residents and their representatives about legal assistance options for Medicaid applications.
Committee staff summarized that the bill "amends the Human Services Code to require long term care nursing facilities to provide a standard notice to each resident or their designated representatives at the time of their admission regarding the option of having…
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