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Approp, H&W medicaid, orig
APPROPRIATIONS – HEALTH AND WELFARE – MEDICAID – Relates to the appropriation to the Department of Health and Welfare for fiscal years 2023 and 2024.

RS30767C1 / H0369

This is the FY 2024 original appropriation bill for the Department of Health and Welfare's Division of Medicaid. It appropriates a total of $4,539,917,000 and caps the number of authorized full-time equivalent positions at 213.00.

Other actions were taken for the Division of Medicaid, and the table below reflects all of the other supplementals contained in other bills. H323 of 2023 contained supplemental 1 for the Public Health Emergency; supplemental 4 for Early and Periodic Screening Assessment; supplemental 5 for Receipt Authority; and supplemental 6 for Upper Payment Limit Increase. S1195 of 2023 contained supplemental 3 for MMIS Procurement.

This bill contains one supplemental, supplemental 7 for a onetime Provider Rate Increase for the last quarter of FY 2023. Additionally, this bill funds twelve line items, which provide: funding for the Behavioral Health Plan; funding for the Ground Emergency Medical Transportation (GEMT) waiver as approved in S1283 of 2022; funding which moves the Homes with Adult Residential Treatment (HART) to this division; funding for a quality improvement organization contract; funding for a review of managed care compliance; funding for a contractor to implement the budget model as a result of the KW Lawsuit; removes General Fund and adds federal funds for the impacts of the stepped down enhanced FMAP; adds dedicated funds for the state's share of the upper payment limit (UPL); provides for a provider rate increase for six home and community based provider types; implements the Millennium Fund Committee recommendation to make Millennium Income Fund dollars onetime in the Division of Medicaid; removes funding for disenrollment from Medicaid due to unwinding; and provides additional funding as a trailer appropriation to HCR9.

Bill Events
Date Description
03/24 Introduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Reported Printed; Filed for Second Reading
03/28 Read second time; Filed for Third Reading
03/29 Read Third Time in Full – PASSED - 40-30-0
AYES – Allgood, Blanksma, Bundy, Cheatum, Chew, Clow, Cornilles, Crane(12), Crane(13), Dixon(24), Durrant, Ehlers, Erickson, Garner, Handy, Healey, Hill, Holtzclaw, Horman, Lanting, Manwaring, McCann, Mickelsen, Miller, Mitchell, Monks, Nelsen, Palmer, Petzke, Pickett, Raybould, Raymond, Sauter, Shepherd, Vander Woude, Weber, Wheeler, Wroten, Yamamoto, Mr. Speaker
NAYS – Alfieri, Andrus, Barbieri, Berch, Boyle, Burns, Cannon, Dixon(1), Ehardt, Furniss, Galaviz, Gallagher, Gannon, Green, Hawkins, Kingsley, Lambert, Mathias, Mendive, Nash, Necochea, Price, Redman, Roberts, Rubel, Scott, Skaug, Tanner, Wisniewski, Young
Absent – None
Floor Sponsor - Raybould
Title apvd - to Senate
Received from the House passed; filed for first reading
Introduced, read first time; referred to: Finance
03/30 Reported out of Committee with Do Pass Recommendation; Filed for second reading
Rules Suspended (2/3 Vote - Read in full as required) – PASSED - 18-17-0
AYES – Adams, Anthon, Bernt, Bjerke, Burtenshaw, Cook, Den Hartog, Geddes(Harris), Grow, Guthrie, Hartgen, Lakey, Lee, Lent, Ricks, Schroeder, VanOrden, Winder
NAYS – Bearg(Rabe), Carlson, Foreman, Hart, Herndon, Just, Lenney, Nichols, Ruchti, Semmelroth, Taylor, Toews, Trakel, Vick(Okuniewicz), Ward-Engelking, Wintrow, Zuiderveld
Absent and excused – None
Floor Sponsor - VanOrden
Title apvd - to House
Returned from Senate Passed; to JRA for Enrolling
03/31 Reported Enrolled; Signed by Speaker; Transmitted to Senate
Received from the House enrolled/signed by Speaker
Signed by President; returned to House
Returned Signed by the President; Ordered Transmitted to Governor
Delivered to Governor at 10:15 a.m. on March 31, 2023
04/06 Reported Signed by Governor on April 4, 2023
Session Law Chapter 297
Effective: 04/04/2023 SECTION 13;
07/01/2023 all other SECTIONS
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