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House passes bill to simplify Medicaid recertification, extend eligibility window for SSI recipients
Summary
The House approved House Bill 11-62 to simplify medical-assistance redeterminations and allow certain SSI and disability recipients to extend financial eligibility recertification from one year to three years; sponsors said the measure reduces administrative burden and carries no fiscal note.
House members passed House Bill 11-62 on second reading after committee amendments that sponsors said will reduce paperwork for case managers and extend the recertification interval for some disabled beneficiaries.
Representative Frey, presenting the health committee report, said the measure is “an effort to reduce some of that administrative barriers, and cut some of that red tape for our case managers who are taking care of our Medicaid members in the community.” Representative Ferre, the bill sponsor, told members the measure cleans up statutory placement and simplifies lengthy medical-information pages used for eligibility determinations.
The bill, as…
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