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House committee advances substitute to HB 70 to fund EHR, expand MAT and implement Medicaid billing for inmates
Summary
The House Health and Human Services Committee voted to recommend first substitute HB 70, which would allow a one‑time use of Medicaid stabilization funds to buy an EHR that supports Medicaid billing under an approved 1115 waiver, authorize non‑lapsing funds for high correctional health costs, require targeted opioid use disorder treatment and fund an AI monitoring pilot.
Representative Elison, sponsor of the first substitute to House Bill 70, told the House Health and Human Services Committee the measure is designed to finish implementation of an 1115 waiver that allows Medicaid billing for certain correctional health services during the final 90 days before an inmate’s release. The substitute would permit a one‑time transfer from the Medicaid Growth Production and Budget Stabilization Account to purchase an electronic health record (EHR) capable of billing Medicaid and would authorize other technical changes to smooth correctional health budgets.
"If we don't put the landing gear down, which is the kind of the EHR, EMR, it's gonna it's not gonna end pretty," Elison said in his presentation, urging the committee to approve the substitute so the waiver can be used effectively.
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