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Committee sends bill to floor to ensure Medicaid is payer of last resort
Summary
The Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 31 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after testimony that the bill codifies federal requirements that Medicaid be treated as the payer of last resort in limited prior-authorization situations.
The Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 31 to the Senate floor with a due-pass recommendation after staff from the Department of Health and Welfare explained the measure’s purpose.
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief at the Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee the bill “guarantees that Medicaid is always the payer of last resort.” He said the bill responds to…
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