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Committee hears bill directing Medicaid waiver to cover traditional Indian medicine
Summary
House Healthcare and Wellness Committee heard House Bill 2555, which would direct the Health Care Authority to apply for a CMS waiver to allow Medicaid coverage of traditional health practices provided through Indian health facilities; tribal leaders and HCA staff discussed timing, reimbursement, and inclusion of urban Indian organizations.
At a meeting of the House Healthcare and Wellness Committee, lawmakers heard testimony on House Bill 2555, which would direct the Health Care Authority (HCA) to apply to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for a waiver to allow Medicaid coverage of traditional health-care practices delivered at Indian health facilities.
Chris Blake, staff to the committee, told members HB 2555 would authorize the HCA to pursue a CMS waiver so that ‘‘traditional health care practices’’—defined in the bill as knowledge, skills and practices indigenous to different cultures—could be reimbursed by Medicaid when provided at Indian Health Service facilities,…
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