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SB 196 Health Access Plan; created.

Introduced by: W. Roscoe Reynolds | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Virginia Health Access Plan. Establishes the Virginia Health Access Plan (Plan) to be administered by the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS), modeled on Vermont's Health Access Plan, to provide uninsured and underinsured adults in the Commonwealth with health benefits coverage. Uninsured or underinsured adults (i) with children with income at or below 185 percent of the federal poverty level or (ii) without children with income up to 150 percent of the federal poverty level are eligible under the plan. DMAS may contract with third-party administrators to provide administrative services that include enrollment, outreach, eligibility determination, data collection, financial oversight, and reporting. The Board of Medical Assistance Services shall implement emergency regulations to implement the Plan. No entitlement to health benefits coverage on the part of any eligible person or any right or entitlement to participation is created and such coverage shall only be available to the extent that funds are appropriated therefor. Enactment clauses require DMAS to seek a waiver for the Plan from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and set the effective date of the act as July 1, 2005, with implementation to occur on the earlier of 90 days following the adoption of emergency regulations or July 1, 2006.


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