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Senate rejects bill to create Medicaid housing coordinator after close vote
Summary
Senate Bill 88, which would have created a Medicaid long-term services and supports housing coordinator to help identify housing options and coordinate services for people with disabilities and older adults, failed on the floor by a 12-13 vote with four senators absent.
Senate Bill 88, proposed to create a Medicaid long-term services and supports housing coordinator, failed on the Senate floor after debate and a recorded vote.
On the floor, the sponsor (unnamed in the transcript but speaking at SEG 1155 onward) described the bill as an effort to improve housing outcomes for people with disabilities and older adults who need long-term services and supports. The measure would have created a state-level Medicaid housing coordinator position and specified duties to assist in identifying and securing housing options as part of a strategy to move eligible individuals from institutional settings to home- and community-based care.
Committee testimony cited on the floor included remarks from Danny Harris of AARP, who told the committee that annual home-based care costs were about $10,000 compared with approximately $60,000 for facility-based care, a comparison sponsors used to argue the coordinator could pay for itself by facilitating less costly placements and better service coordination.
After debate and a roll-call vote, the Senate recorded 12 yea votes, 13 nay votes and 4 absences; the bill failed. The transcript notes that, with that tally, the measure does not advance from the floor.
