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Committee backs bill letting families buy into Medicaid for children with severe disabilities
Summary
House Bill 881, creating a Katie Beckett Medicaid buy‑in so parents can pay a premium for services not covered by private insurance, passed the committee after broad support from disability advocates, medical groups and families; sponsors said the program is a capped waiver with premium formulas and is intended to help children stay at home and reduce waiting lists for waiver services.
The House Health and Human Services Committee on Thursday approved House Bill 881, which would let parents of children with federally defined severe disabilities purchase Medicaid coverage for services—such as in‑home nursing, feeding‑tube care and durable medical equipment—that traditional private insurance often does not cover.
Representative Mary Cafaro, sponsor of HB 881, told the committee that the proposal extends to children the type of Medicaid buy‑in already available to adults with disabilities in Montana. "We are just…
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