Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Human Services Committee on February 3, 2017. The 2017 session has ended.
2017 Regular Session
Senate Bill 776
AN ACT REQUIRING FAIRNESS FOR FAMILIES IN MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY AND REIMBURSEMENT DETERMINATIONS.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To equalize compensation rates between family and non-family professional caregivers in programs administered by the Department of Social Services, use the same Medicaid reimbursement criteria for home care clients as is used for institutional clients and prohibit determinations of ineligibility for Medicaid based on an inaccessible asset or an asset discovered after a person applies for Medicaid.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 2 to February 3, 2017, 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 action2 actions on 2 days
In the SenateFeb 2 to Feb 3 · stopped1 day
Human Services CommitteeFeb 2 to Feb 3 · stopped1 day
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 Feb 2 – Feb 3
- Feb 2Introduced and sent to Human Services Committee
- Feb 3Heard in Human Services Committee
All 2 actions, as published
- Feb 2REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
- Feb 3PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses