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Legislative committee approves drafting bill to seek IMD waiver for tribal addiction treatment
Summary
The Legislative Tribal‑State Relations Committee voted to ask legislative counsel to draft legislation seeking an IMD waiver that would allow Medicaid reimbursement for larger tribal residential addiction facilities; the motion passed on a roll‑call vote.
The Legislative Tribal‑State Relations Committee voted to instruct legislative staff to draft legislation seeking a state‑supported IMD (institutions for mental disease) waiver to expand Medicaid reimbursement for tribal residential addiction‑treatment facilities.
The motion directs Legislative Council staff to prepare bill language for the committee’s review and to work with the vice chair and tribal health leaders on that draft. Committee members took a roll‑call vote; the motion carried.
The IMD exclusion is a federal Medicaid rule that has historically…
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