HOUSE BILL ANALYSIS

                 HJM 4030

Brief Description:  Petitioning for Medicaid flexibility.

Background: States were granted flexibility in administering programs implemented under recently enacted federal welfare legislation.

Summary:  This Joint Memorial petitions the President to submit, and the Congress to pass, legislation granting extensive flexibility to the states in the use of Medicaid funding for acute and long term care services.

Effective Date:  Not applicable.

Fiscal Note: Not requested.