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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2021

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED

     

     Introduced By: Senators Cano, Miller, Anderson, Quezada, Acosta, Ciccone, Kallman,
and Valverde

     Date Introduced: March 04, 2021

     Referred To: Senate Health & Human Services

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

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     SECTION 1. Section 40-8.5-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 40-8.5 entitled "Health Care

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for Elderly and Disabled Residents Act" is hereby amended to read as follows:

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     40-8.5-1. Categorically needy medical assistance coverage.

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     The department of human services is hereby authorized and directed to amend its Title XIX

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state plan to provide for categorically needy medical assistance coverage as permitted pursuant to

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Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq., as amended, to individuals who are

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sixty-five (65) years or older or are disabled, as determined under § 1614(a)(3) of the Social

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Security Act, 42 U.S.C. § 1382c(a)(3), as amended, whose income does not exceed one hundred

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percent (100%) one hundred thirty-three percent (133%) of the federal poverty level (as revised

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annually) applicable to the individual's family size, and whose resources do not exceed four

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thousand dollars ($4,000) per individual, or six thousand dollars ($6,000) per couple. The

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department shall provide medical assistance coverage to such elderly or disabled persons in the

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same amount, duration and scope as provided to other categorically needy persons under the state's

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Title XIX state plan.

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     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- HEALTH CARE FOR ELDERLY AND DISABLED

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     This act would increase the income eligibility limit for medical assistance coverage for

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seniors and disabled individuals from one hundred percent (100%) to one hundred thirty-three

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percent (133%) of federal poverty level.

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     This act would take effect upon passage.

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