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Senate committee advances bill trimming special refugee medical-assistance eligibility from 150% to 133% of FPL
Summary
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 199 to the Senate floor with a "do pass" recommendation, approving a change that narrows Refugee Medical Assistance eligibility from 150 percent to 133 percent of the federal poverty guideline, the sponsor said.
The Idaho Senate Health and Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 199 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after debate about refugee medical assistance eligibility.
Senator Keiser, sponsor of House Bill 199, told the committee the bill would move an existing administrative rule on the Refugee Medical Assistance Program into statute and remove an extra eligibility allowance. Under current practice, refugees had a temporary eligibility cap of roughly 150 percent of the federal poverty guideline in the one-year Refugee Medical Assistance program; the bill reduces that cap to 133 percent of the federal poverty guideline to match the threshold that applies to most other Idaho residents, the…
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