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Committee passes bill to tighten Medicaid budget controls; home-health providers warn of access risks
Summary
Senate Bill 275, approved by the committee, would change Medicaid estate recovery timing, codify waiver budget updates, and allow more flexibility in reimbursement changes for home health services. Providers said removing statutory protections and shortening notice periods could force small agencies to close.
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved Senate Bill 275 after debate about Medicaid sustainability and provider protections. The bill would allow FSSA to recover against estates within 180 days after an estate is opened, codify an existing policy allowing waiver budget adjustments after qualifying events, revert certain income thresholds toward federal minimums for some programs, and shorten the statutory notice period for some provider reimbursement changes.
Liza Sherman, FSSA’s legislative director, said the…
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