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2024 Special Session I

Budget Bill - HB6002 (Introduced)

Central Appropriations

Item 486.10

Item 486.10

1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Item 486 of this act, the funding provided pursuant to paragraph A.2.l.1) of Item 486 shall be reallocated in the following manner:


2. $28,057,684 in the first year to the Department of Medical Assistance Services (602) to procure a one-time vendor to assist in the redetermination of Medicaid enrollees over the twelve months following the end of the federal continuous Medicaid coverage requirement.


3. $10,000,000 in the first year to the Department of Social Services (765) to cover the one-time cost of supporting local departments of social services staff with efforts to perform benefit program redeterminations and appeals work in the twelve seventeen months following the end of the federal continuous Medicaid coverage requirement.


4. All funds allocated in paragraphs 2 and 3 shall only be used to support one-time eligibility redetermination efforts necessary to meet federal post public health emergency (unwinding) requirements. Prior to the transfer of any funds, impacted agencies shall provide the Department of Planning and Budget and Task Force on Eligibility Redetermination with an accounting of all agency unwinding activities and how any transferred funds will supplement those efforts.