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2004 Regular Session

Senate Bill 553

AN ACT CONCERNING REVISIONS TO THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Appropriations Committee on March 18, 2004. The 2004 session has ended.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To enhance the Medicaid program by: (1) Restoring presumptive and guaranteed eligibility, (2) eliminating recently enacted co-payment requirements; (3) restoring eligibility in the program for parents and needy caretaker relatives with income up to one hundred fifty per cent of the federal poverty level; (4) eliminating administrative and eligibility changes mandated by public act 03-3 of the June 30 special session; (5) expanding availability of smoking cessation treatment programs; and (6) establishing a demonstration project to improve the delivery of dental services.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the Senate

3 co-sponsors

Ernest E. Newton II, Mary Ann Handley, Eric D. Coleman

In the House of Representatives

    2 co-sponsors

    David K. Labriola, Peter F. Villano

    Its course

    March 3 to March 18, 2004, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.

    Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.

    Every action7 actions on 5 days

    In the SenateMar 3 to Mar 18 · stopped15 days

    Human Services CommitteeMar 3 to Mar 1613 days

    Appropriations CommitteeMar 16 to Mar 18 · stopped2 days

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

    l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.

    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the Senate Mar 3 – Mar 16

    1. Mar 3Introduced and sent to Human Services Committee
    2. Mar 4Heard in Human Services Committee
    3. Mar 16Human Services Committee recommended a substitute for it and sent it to Appropriations Committee
    All 7 actions, as published
    1. Mar 3REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Mar 4PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 16Joint Favorable Substitute Change of ReferenceBoth houses
    4. Mar 16FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Mar 17RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    6. Mar 18FAV. CHG. OF REF., SEN. TO COMM. ONSenate
    7. Mar 18FAV. CHG. OF REF. HOUSE TO COMM. ONHouse of Representatives