S257 - Appropriations Act of 2017. (SL 2017-57)

Overview: Sec. 11H.20 of S.L. 2017-57 creates a new statute that requires the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) to review certain information for all Medicaid recipients quarterly to determine whether the recipient has had a change in circumstances that may make the recipient no longer eligible for Medicaid. Under the statute, DHHS must share the information about the change in circumstances with the relevant county departments of social services (DSS), and the statute provides a process that the county DSS must follow with regard to redetermining eligibility for recipients who are identified during the DHHS review.

This section specifies that DHHS may contract with vendors or enter into memoranda of understanding with other agencies to assist with this review.

The statute created by this section becomes effective January 1, 2018. The remainder of the section became effective July 1, 2017.