Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act Exposed: Difference between revisions
Created page with "The '''[https://www.alec.org/model-policy/requiring-legislative-approval-medicaid-expansion-act/ Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act]''' was adopted by t..." |
m Changed SW URLs from HTTP to HTTPS |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
The '''[https://www.alec.org/model-policy/requiring-legislative-approval-medicaid-expansion-act/ Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act]''' was adopted by the [ | The '''[https://www.alec.org/model-policy/requiring-legislative-approval-medicaid-expansion-act/ Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act]''' was adopted by the [https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ALEC_Health_and_Human_Services_Task_Force ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force] at the 2014 Annual Meeting and approved by the Board of Directors on October 11, 2014. (Accessed July 14, 2017). | ||
==ALEC Bill Text== | ==ALEC Bill Text== | ||
Latest revision as of 20:19, 12 October 2017
The Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act was adopted by the ALEC Health and Human Services Task Force at the 2014 Annual Meeting and approved by the Board of Directors on October 11, 2014. (Accessed July 14, 2017).
ALEC Bill Text
Summary
Prohibits the expansion of Medicaid eligibility through an increase in the income threshold without prior legislative approval.
Model Policy
Section 1. Title. This Act shall be known as the “Requiring Legislative Approval for Medicaid Expansion Act.”
Section 2. Legislative Approval Requirement.
On and after the effective date of this Act, neither the {insert appropriate department and/or board} nor any other representative of the state shall expand Medicaid eligibility through an increase in the income threshold without prior legislative approval; provided, however, that this shall not apply to any increase resulting from a cost-of-living increase in the federal poverty level.
Section 3. {Severability clause.}
Section 4. {Repealer clause.}
Section 5. {Effective date.}
Approved by the ALEC Board of Directors on October 11, 2014.