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Committee votes to send bill requiring Medicaid be payer of last resort to the floor
Summary
The Senate committee forwarded House Bill 31 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after a short presentation from the Department of Health and Welfare explaining the bill implements a federal requirement that Medicaid be the payer of last resort in limited circumstances.
A Senate committee voted to send House Bill 31 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after a brief presentation from the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare.
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.” Larson said the…
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