AB 313

Under current law, the Department of Health Services (DHS) is required to

request a waiver from the federal Department of Health and Human Services

(federal DHHS) to provide optional services for family planning under the Medical

Assistance program. DHS is required to implement any waiver granted. In addition,

under current law, DHS is required to seek waivers from the federal DHHS to require

parental notification of any female under age 18 receiving family planning services

under the waiver program and to determine income eligibility for a female under age

18 using the family income of the female's parent or guardian instead of only the

female's income. This bill replaces the current family planning waiver program

requirement with a requirement that DHS administer a family planning only

services program under the Medical Assistance program to provide family planning

services to any female or male between the ages of 15 and 44 whose family income

does not exceed 300 percent of the federal poverty line for a family the size of the

female's family or male's family.