LRB-1558/P2
JPC:klm
2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Bollhorst, BB0390 - Medicaid community health benefit
For 2023-2025 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
health and human services
Medical Assistance
Services that contribute to determinants of health
This bill includes nonmedical services, as determined by DHS, that contribute to the determinants of health as a benefit under the Medical Assistance program. The Medical Assistance program is a joint federal and state program that provides health services to individuals who have limited financial resources. The bill requires DHS to seek any necessary state plan amendment or request any waiver of federal Medicaid law to provide the services but does not require DHS to provide the services as a Medical Assistance benefit if the federal Department of Health and Human Services does not provide federal financial participation for the services.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1
. 49.46 (2) (b) 24. of the statutes is created to read:
49.46 (2) (b) 24. Subject to par. (by), nonmedical services that contribute to the determinants of health.
Section 2
. 49.46 (2) (by) of the statutes is created to read:
49.46 (2) (by) The department shall determine those services under par. (b) 24. that contribute to the determinants of health. The department shall seek any necessary state plan amendment or request any waiver of federal Medicaid law to implement this paragraph. The department is not required to provide the services under this paragraph as a benefit under the Medical Assistance program if the federal department of health and human services does not provide federal financial participation for the services under this paragraph.
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