HB 1659 - DIGEST

     Authorizes the department to, upon receipt of approval from the federal health care financing administration, implement a waiver under section 1115 of the federal social security act to provide family planning services to persons with family incomes at or below two hundred percent of the federal poverty level.  For purposes of this provision, family planning services includes all federal food and drug administration-approved contraceptives, sterilization services, and medical services associated with use of contraceptive and sterilization services, educational services, social services, and interpretive services necessary to aid individuals to avoid unintended pregnancy.