SB 6540 - DIGEST |
Requires the state health care authority to submit a demonstration waiver request under section 1115 of the social security act to the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services. |
Requires the waiver request to be designed to achieve the broadest federal financial participation and, to the extent permitted under federal law, shall authorize: (1) Eliminating the three-month retroactive coverage benefit for applicants, other than pregnant women and children under one year old, for medical benefits under the social security act; |
(2) Establishing a work requirement for able-bodied adults ages nineteen through sixty-four without dependents; and |
(3) The development of an alternative payment methodology for federally qualified health centers that enables capitated or global payment of enhanced payments. |