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2024 SESSION
HB 622 State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services benefit.
Introduced by: Marcia S. "Cia" Price | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
State plan for medical assistance services; violence prevention services benefit; work group. Directs the Board of Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medical assistance services to include a provision for payment of medical assistance for violence prevention services, defined in the bill, provided by a qualified violence prevention professional to an individual who receives medical treatment for an injury sustained as a result of community violence, defined in the bill, who is determined by a health care provider to be at risk of repeat injury or retaliation. The bill directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to convene a work group to advise the Board on the design and implementation of the violence prevention services benefit and specifies that the work group include representatives from the Department and violence intervention programs, medical providers, survivors of community violence, and other members as deemed appropriate by the Department. The bill requires the Department to post on its website the date upon which violence prevention services may be provided and billed pursuant to the provisions of the bill.
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HISTORY
- 01/09/24 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/10/24 24101857D
- 01/09/24 House: Referred to Committee on Rules
- 02/01/24 House: Referred from Rules by voice vote
- 02/01/24 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/01/24 House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
- 02/02/24 House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/24 House: Left in Appropriations