Key Votes
H 260 - Medicaid Funding - Key Vote
Idaho Key Votes
Stages
- April 5, 2011 Executive Signed
- March 28, 2011 Senate Bill Passed
- March 17, 2011 House Bill Passed
- March 11, 2011 Introduced
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Issues
- Budget, Spending and Taxes
- Health and Health Care
- Unemployed and Low-Income
- Federal, State and Local Relations
Stage Details
Legislation - Signed (Executive) - April 5, 2011
Title: Medicaid Funding
Signed by Governor Butch Otter
Legislation - Bill Passed (Senate) (27-8) - March 28, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Medicaid Funding
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that reduces funding for Medicaid.
Highlights:
-Authorizes individuals of 18 to 21 years of age with severe and persistent mental illness to have access to benefits up to a weekly cap of 5 hours, while adults over the age of 21 with severe and persistent mental illness may have access to benefits up to a weekly cap of 4 hours (Sec. 9).
-Prohibits replacing money from the nursing facility assessment fund to the Idaho medical assistance program by the legislature (Sec. 19.)
-Authorizes the money from the nursing facility assessment fund to provide state matching funds for the department Medicaid trustee and benefit expenditures to the extent that a general fund shortfall exists, or as limited by the maximum assessment (Sec. 19).
Legislation - Bill Passed (House) (56-14) - March 17, 2011 (Key vote)
Title: Medicaid Funding
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that reduces funding for Medicaid.
Highlights:
-Authorizes individuals of 18 to 21 years of age with severe and persistent mental illness to have access to benefits up to a weekly cap of 5 hours, while adults over the age of 21 with severe and persistent mental illness may have access to benefits up to a weekly cap of 4 hours (Sec. 9).
-Prohibits replacing money from the nursing facility assessment fund to the Idaho medical assistance program by the legislature (Sec. 19.)
-Authorizes the money from the nursing facility assessment fund to provide state matching funds for the department Medicaid trustee and benefit expenditures to the extent that a general fund shortfall exists, or as limited by the maximum assessment (Sec. 19).
Legislation - Introduced (House) - March 11, 2011
Title: Medicaid Funding
Committee Sponsors
- Ways and Means (Sponsor)