HB 1830 - DIGEST

(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

Provides that, to the extent allowable under Title XIX of the federal social security act, the department shall seek reimbursement for the cost of providing medical assistance coverage to any client who is an employee of a large employer. For purposes of this act, "large employer" means an employer with at least one hundred average annual full-time equivalent employees.

Requires that reimbursement due on behalf of clients that are employees of large employers shall be in an amount equal to seventy percent of the average per capita cost to the state and federal governments of providing medical assistance benefits to comparable medical assistance clients plus the administrative cost of providing the coverage to those clients.