Bill Text: WV HB4669 | 2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Exempting participants in the Jobs and Hope program from Medicaid forfeiture for one year after certain conditions are met
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-02-07 - To House Finance [HB4669 Detail]
Download: West_Virginia-2020-HB4669-Introduced.html
WEST virginia legislature
2020 regular session
Introduced
House Bill 4669
By Delegate Rohrbach
[Introduced February 04, 2020; Referred to the Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §9-5-28, relating to the exclusion of participants in the state’s Jobs and Hope program from the forfeiture of their Medicaid benefits.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.
§9-5-28. Exclusion of Jobs and Hope participants from Medicaid forfeiture.
A person who participants in the state’s Jobs & Hope recovery treatment program shall retain their Medicaid benefits for:
(1) One year after their income exceeds 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level, as determined by the federal government; and
(2) After one year of extended coverage, participants may retain their Medicaid coverage for substance use services with the payment of a copayment for services, as determined by the Bureau of Medical Services, for an additional year.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to exempt participants in the Jobs & Hope program from Medicaid forfeiture for one year after they exceed 138 percent of the Federal Poverty Level. After one year of continued coverage, they may retain treatment services for a copayment fee.
Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.
