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SB 1156: Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program

GENERAL BILL by Harrell

Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program; Specifying that services provided by a home health aide for a medically fragile child may not exceed a specified percentage of the total annual hours authorized for private duty nursing services for that child; revising requirements for the Medicaid fee schedule for home health aides for medically fragile children; requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration, within a specified timeframe, to seek federal approval to implement specified practices under the program, etc.

Effective Date: Upon becoming a law
 Last Action: 3/27/2025 Senate - On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Health Policy (HP)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services (AHS)
  3. Fiscal Policy (FP)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/25/2025 Senate • Filed
    3/3/2025 Senate • Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services; Fiscal Policy
    3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
    3/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 412 Knott Building

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  • SB 1156, Original Filed Version (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/25/2025 at 12:20 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Health Policy (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (2)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 1529 (c1) Home Health Aide for Medically Fragile Children Program Tramont Similar Last Action: 3/26/2025 H Now in Health & Human Services Committee Track This Bill
    S 1166 Services for Medically Needy Children Harrell Compare Last Action: 2/25/2025 S Withdrawn prior to introduction Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    735504 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Health Policy
    (Harrell)     		3/31/2025
    11:45 AM     		Web Page
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    Citations - Statutes (2)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    400.4765 Home health aide for medically fragile children program. Page 1 (pdf)
    400.54 Annual assessment of the home health aide for medically fragile children program. Page 4 (pdf)

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