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Committee advances bill to streamline Medicaid redeterminations, allow federal waiver for multi‑year renewals
Summary
The House Health and Human Services Committee advanced House Bill 1162, allowing Colorado to seek federal waivers to extend Medicaid redeterminations for members with stable income and to simplify required medical documentation for long‑term services and supports.
The House Health and Human Services Committee voted to advance House Bill 1162, a bill that sponsors say will reduce administrative burdens for Medicaid members, case managers and county offices by simplifying the medical‑information forms used for long‑term services and supports and by giving the state authority to seek federal waivers to lengthen redetermination cycles for members with stable income.
Representative Ferre, the bill sponsor, said the measure will allow the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing to request federal authorization to treat certain, stable income and asset categories as not requiring…
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