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SB 775 DMAS; Medicaid eligibility and application.

Introduced by: Siobhan S. Dunnavant | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

DMAS; Medicaid application. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) to verify income, using Virginia Employment Commission data, for Medicaid applicants and recipients who claim no earned or unearned income. The same protocols would be required to be used to verify the income of all applicants and recipients no later than October 1, 2017. The bill also requires DMAS to amend the Virginia Medicaid application, after obtaining approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to require a Medicaid applicant to opt out if such applicant does not want to grant permission to the state to use his federal tax returns for the purposes of renewing eligibility.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

DMAS; Medicaid eligibility and application. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (DMAS) to require Medicaid eligibility workers to (i) apply the same protocols when verifying income for all Medicaid applicants and recipients whose assets are subject to an asset limit under Medicaid eligibility requirements, including those applicants and recipients who report no earned or unearned income, and (ii) search for unreported assets using all available sources of electronic data, including local real estate property databases, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and Virginia's asset verification system. The bill also requires DMAS to amend the Virginia Medicaid application, after obtaining approval from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to require a Medicaid applicant to opt out if such applicant does not want to grant permission to the state to use his federal tax returns for the purposes of renewing eligibility.