Maintaining access and reimbursements to certain family planning providers in the Medical Assistance program. (FE)

What it would have done

Summary by the Legislative Reference Bureau, the Legislature's nonpartisan drafting office. It's their wording, not ours.

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to provide state reimbursement under the Medical Assistance program and state-based family planning funding to a nonpublic family planning provider if the nonpublic family planning provider becomes subject to a federal funding prohibition. A federal funding prohibition is defined under the bill as an enacted federal law, a regulation, or an executive order or action that prohibits federal moneys from being paid by the state to a provider under the Medicaid program because of the scope of services offered by the provider or the scope of services for which the provider offers referrals.

Under the bill, nonpublic family planning providers subject to a federal funding prohibition would receive state Medical Assistance reimbursement for those family planning services currently covered under the Medical Assistance program. The bill requires DHS to ensure that Medical Assistance program enrollees are allowed access to the nonpublic family planning provider to the same extent as before the federal funding prohibition and to maintain requirements for the nonpublic family planning provider that are the same as before the federal funding prohibition. The bill also prohibits DHS from limiting the scope of services for which a nonpublic family planning provider may offer a referral to receive the state reimbursement.

Who's behind it

13 senators are its authors⁠. All 13 are Democrats.

34 more lawmakers signed on in support⁠.

What it would cost

State agencies filed a cost estimate. Each opens as a PDF from the Legislature.

• Fiscal Estimate From DHS