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Budget Amendments - SB30 (Conference Report)

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FMAP - Reduce Eligibility to 250 Percent of Supplemental Security Income

Item 297 #26c

Item 297 #26c

First Year - FY2011 Second Year - FY2012
Health And Human Resources
Medical Assistance Services, Department of FY2011 $0 FY2012 ($36,440,811) GF
FY2011 $0 FY2012 ($36,440,811) NGF

Language
Page 196, line 50, strike "$7,272,405,030" and insert "$7,199,523,408".
Page 208, line 32, after "RRR." insert "1.".
Page 208, after line 39, insert:
"2.  The Department of Medical Assistance Services shall amend the State Plan for Medical Assistance to reduce the income limit for eligibility under the 300 percent Supplemental Security Income (SSI) eligibility group to 250 percent of the SSI payment level.  The department shall implement this change effective July 1, 2011.  
3.  If there is an extension through June 30, 2011 of increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (P.L. 111-5), the reduction in income eligibility from 300 percent to 250 percent of SSI in this paragraph shall not become effective.”


Explanation
(This amendment further reduces eligibility for the SSI eligibility group from 275 to 250 percent of SSI. The introduced budget reduces eligibility on January 1, 2011 from 300 to 275 percent of SSI. Language is added to restore funding if Congress passes a six-month extension of increased Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) through June 30, 2011.)