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CS/SB 794: Medicaid Eligibility

GENERAL BILL by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs ; Brandes

Medicaid Eligibility; Providing conditions for the Department of Children and Families to evaluate an applicant’s life insurance policy when determining eligibility for Medicaid services; authorizing the Agency for Health Care Administration to use federal or state funds under the Medicaid program to pay life insurance premiums of an applicant or recipient under certain circumstances; providing conditions for the owner of a life insurance policy to enter into a viatical settlement contract with a health care services provider for coverage of Medicaid long-term care services, etc.

Effective Date: 10/1/2013
Last Action: 5/3/2013 Senate - Died in Banking and Insurance
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Children, Families, and Elder Affairs (CF)
  2. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  3. Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  4. Appropriations (AP)



Bill History

Date Chamber Action
2/12/2013 Senate • Filed
2/14/2013 Senate • Referred to Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; Health Policy; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 57
3/1/2013 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Children, Families, and Elder Affairs, 03/06/13, 2:00 pm, 37 Senate Office Building
3/5/2013 Senate • Introduced -SJ 57
3/6/2013 Senate • CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 157
3/7/2013 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
• Original reference(s) removed: Health Policy
• Remaining references corrected to Banking and Insurance; Appropriations Subcommittee on Health and Human Services; Appropriations -SJ 187
• Now in Banking and Insurance -SJ 187
• CS by Children, Families, and Elder Affairs read 1st time -SJ 187
5/3/2013 Senate • Died in Banking and Insurance