Rep. Norm Thurston — Voting Record

Bill

Number

H.B. 85 First Substitute (2023GS)

Sponsor

Rep. Lesser, R.

Final action

House/ filed 3/3/2023

Outcome

Failed / filed without passage

Summary

What it does

• This bill:
• requires the Division of Medicaid and Health Financing to request a Medicaid state plan amendment from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend Medicaid coverage to pregnant women with a household income less than or equal to 200% of the federal poverty level.

Every vote on this bill

Bill text

PREGNANCY MEDICAID COVERAGE AMENDMENTS
GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Rosemary T. Lesser
Senate Sponsor: 
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LONG TITLE
General Description:
This bill expands eligibility for Medicaid coverage for certain pregnant women.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
▸ requires the Division of Medicaid and Health Financing to request a Medicaid state
plan amendment from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to extend
Medicaid coverage to pregnant women with a household income less than or equal
to 200% of the federal poverty level.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
26-36b-208
, last amended by Laws of Utah 2021, Chapter 367
ENACTS:
26-18-430
, Utah Code Annotated 1953
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section 
26-18-430
 is enacted to read:
26-18-430
.
Medicaid waiver for certain postpartum women.
(1) Before July 1, 2023, the division shall request a Medicaid state plan amendment
from Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide Medicaid coverage to pregnant
women with a household income less than or equal to 200% of the federal poverty level.
(2) If the coverage described in Subsection (1) is implemented, the department may
only pay the state portion of costs for the coverage under this section with appropriations from
the Medicaid Expansion Fund, created in Section 
26-36b-208
.
Section 2. Section 
26-36b-208
 is amended to read:
26-36b-208.
Medicaid Expansion Fund.
(1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Medicaid
Expansion Fund.
(2) The fund consists of:
(a) assessments collected under this chapter;
(b) intergovernmental transfers under Section 
26-36b-206
;
(c) savings attributable to the health coverage improvement program as determined by
the department;
(d) savings attributable to the enhancement waiver program as determined by the
department;
(e) savings attributable to the Medicaid waiver expansion as determined by the
department;
(f) savings attributable to the inclusion of psychotropic drugs on the preferred drug list
under Subsection 
26-18-2.4
(3) as determined by the department;
(g) revenues collected from the sales tax described in Subsection 
59-12-103
(12);
(h) gifts, grants, donations, or any other conveyance of money that may be made to the
fund from private sources;
(i) interest earned on money in the fund; and
(j) additional amounts as appropriated by the Legislature.
(3) (a) The fund shall earn interest.
(b) All interest earned on fund money shall be deposited into the fund.
(4) (a) A state agency administering the provisions of this chapter may use money from
the fund to pay the costs, not otherwise paid for with federal funds or other revenue sources, of:
(i) the health coverage improvement program;
(ii) the enhancement waiver program;
(iii) a Medicaid waiver expansion; [
and
]
(iv) the outpatient upper payment limit supplemental payments under Section
26-36b-210
[
.
]
; and
(v) the Medicaid waiver for pregnant women described in Section 
26-18-430
.
(b) A state agency administering the provisions of this chapter may not use:
(i) funds described in Subsection (2)(b) to pay the cost of private outpatient upper
payment limit supplemental payments; or
(ii) money in the fund for any purpose not described in Subsection (4)(a).