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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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H.B. 866
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Parris N. Glendening
Governor
House Bill No. 866
AN ACT concerning
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Guaranteed and Presumptive
Expedited Eligibility
FOR the purpose of requiring guaranteed eligibility under the Maryland Medical
Assistance Program for pregnant women and for children under a certain age for
a certain amount of time; requiring presumptive clarifying the circumstances
under which a certain streamlined process for determining application of
expedited eligibility for any individual who applies for the Children and Families
Health Care Program may be used; requiring that the process be completed
within a certain period; defining a certain term; and generally relating to the
Maryland Medical Assistance Program expedited eligibility for medical
assistance.
BY adding to
Article - Health - General
Section 15-101(b-1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Health - General
Section 15-103(b)(3) and 15-303(b)(1)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1994 Replacement Volume and 1999 Supplement)
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:
Article - Health - General
15-103.
(b) (3) Subject to the limitations of the State budget and as permitted by
federal law or waiver, the program developed under paragraph (1) of this subsection
and the program developed under § 15-301 of this title [may] SHALL provide
guaranteed eligibility FOR A PREGNANT WOMAN THROUGH THE SECOND MONTH
AFTER THE WOMAN DELIVERS THE CHILD, FOR A CHILD UNDER THE AGE OF 19
YEARS FOR 1 YEAR FROM THE DATE OF ENROLLMENT, AND for [each] ANY OTHER
enrollee for up to 6 months FROM THE DATE OF ENROLLMENT, unless an enrollee
obtains health insurance through another source.
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