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Appropriations Committee Hears Extension to Medicaid Access Program Deadlines Citing Federal HR 1 Limits
Summary
HB 23-85 would extend Medicaid Access Program implementation deadlines to 2025–2030 window and push the act's expiration to 2032 after federal HR 1 restricted new provider-related taxes; staff said the change preserves the statutory option to pursue CMS approval in the future.
On Jan. 30 the House Appropriations Committee received a briefing and heard public testimony on HB 23-85, which would extend deadlines and statutory references tied to the Medicaid Access Program established by Substitute House Bill 13-92.
Megan Morris briefed members that HB 13-92 (passed in the prior session) created a Medicaid Access Program and a covered-lives assessment intended to leverage federal matching funds to raise professional service Medicaid rates. The…
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