House
File
732
H-1372
Amend
House
File
732
as
follows:
1
1.
By
striking
everything
after
the
enacting
clause
and
2
inserting:
3
<
Section
1.
MEDICAID
EXTENDED
POSTPARTUM
COVERAGE
4
OPTION.
The
department
of
health
and
human
services
shall
5
submit
a
Medicaid
state
plan
amendment
to
the
centers
for
6
Medicare
and
Medicaid
services
of
the
United
States
department
7
of
health
and
human
services
for
approval
of
the
option
8
to
provide
twelve
months
of
continuous
postpartum
coverage
9
under
the
Medicaid
program
to
pregnant
women
enrolled
in
the
10
Medicaid
program
in
accordance
with
sections
9812
and
9822
11
of
the
federal
American
Rescue
Plan
Act
of
2021,
Pub.
L.
No.
12
117-2,
as
amended
by
section
5113
of
the
federal
Consolidated
13
Appropriations
Act
of
2023.
14
Sec.
2.
MEDICAID
EXTENDED
POSTPARTUM
COVERAGE
——
15
APPROPRIATION.
For
the
fiscal
years
beginning
on
or
after
16
July
1,
2023,
there
is
appropriated
from
the
general
fund
17
of
the
state
to
the
department
of
health
and
human
services
18
a
sufficient
amount
to
fund
extended
postpartum
coverage
to
19
pregnant
women
enrolled
in
the
Medicaid
program
in
accordance
20
with
this
Act.
21
Sec.
3.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
22
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
>
23
2.
Title
page,
line
1,
by
striking
<
prohibiting
and
>
24
3.
Title
page,
by
striking
line
2
and
inserting
<
the
25
Medicaid
extended
postpartum
coverage
option,
making
an
26
appropriation,
and
>
27
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