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Bill would let DSHS waive small unintentional overpayments for older adults and people with disabilities
Summary
Senate Bill 5079 would let the Department of Social and Health Services waive collection of unintentional overpayments for aged, blind, and disabled cash assistance and for certain Medicaid long-term services and DD waiver programs beginning July 1, 2025; sponsors said recovery costs exceed amounts reclaimed.
Senate Bill 5079, an agency-request bill carried by Senator Ron Mazzall, would give the Department of Social and Health Services authority to waive collection efforts for unintentional overpayments to recipients of aged, blind and disabled (ABD) cash assistance, Medicaid long-term services and supports, and Developmental Disabilities Administration waiver programs, beginning July 1, 2025. The bill would preserve the department’s obligation to return any federal share of overpayments to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) and requires DSHS to adopt rules identifying when waivers will apply.
Committee staff said the…
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