H259 - 2023 Appropriations Act. (SL 2023-134)

Overview: Section 9E.8 of S.L. 2023-134 provides a schedule for the Division of Health Benefits, Department of Health and Human Services, to report specified information related to Medicaid spending and Medicaid funding needs during the 2023-2025 fiscal biennium. The information is intended to help the General Assembly closely monitor whether a budget shortfall exists in relation to the amount of funding needed to maintain the current scope of the Medicaid program so that the General Assembly can appropriate funds in the event of a shortfall. The reason for the close monitoring is due to the uncertainty of the timing and rate of disenrollments for individuals losing Medicaid coverage as a result of the unwinding of the public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic, among other factors.

This section became effective July 1, 2023.