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Committee OKs sending bill to codify Medicaid as payer of last resort
Summary
A Senate Health & Welfare committee voted to send House Bill 31 to the floor after a sponsor and a Department of Health and Welfare official said the measure codifies federal requirements that Medicaid be payer of last resort in certain cases.
The Idaho Senate Health & Welfare Committee voted to send House Bill 31 to the floor with a due-pass recommendation after a brief presentation and no committee questions.
Jared Larson, legislative and regulatory affairs chief at the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, told the committee the bill “guarantees that Medicaid is always the payer of last resort.” He said the measure responds to…
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