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PACENET income limit proposal would expand eligibility by roughly 100,000, department estimates
Summary
Department staff told the committee that raising the PACENET income limit (House Bill 654) could increase the eligibility pool by over 100,000 people and add roughly 30,000 new beneficiaries over three years, with initial added costs estimated at about $14 million in the first fiscal year.
Committee members asked how proposed statutory changes to PACENET would affect enrollment and cost. Representative Young cited House Bill 654, a bill to increase the PACENET maximum income limit. Tom Stettin, director of the PACE program, testified that the eligibility pool would grow by over 100,000…
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