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Bill would prevent immediate MAPD termination for missed premiums, advocates say it provides needed breathing room
Summary
House File 666 would allow people on Medical Assistance for Employed Persons with Disabilities (MA‑EPD) temporary protection from termination when they miss premium payments by allowing arrears to accrue and be collected later; advocates testified about real-life harms when coverage lapses, and the committee laid the bill over.
Representative Hicks presented House File 666, which would change MA‑EPD procedures so that participants who miss premium payments would not immediately lose their coverage; instead premiums would accrue and the state would use existing collection mechanisms to recover unpaid amounts.
Jillian Nelson, policy director for the Autism Society of…
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