SB0234: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning Medicaid.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:06 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Introduced Senate Bill (S)
• Current Chamber: senate
• Origin Chamber: senate
• Description: Medicaid matters.

Legislators

Actions (3 total)

• Jan 14, 2025, 9:04 AM: Senator Charbonneau removed as second author
• Jan 13, 2025, 7:02 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
• Jan 13, 2025, 7:02 AM: Authored by Senators Johnson T and Charbonneau

Digest

Requires the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) to report specified Medicaid data to the Medicaid oversight committee. Requires the office to receive and review data from specified federal and state agencies concerning Medicaid recipients to determine whether circumstances have changed that affect Medicaid eligibility for recipients. Prohibits the office from accepting self-attestations of certain information in the administration of the Medicaid program. Requires the office to apply for a Medicaid state plan amendment to remove references to coverage under the Medicaid plan of a certain population. Requires the office to establish: (1) performance standards for hospitals that make presumptive eligibility determinations and sets out action for when hospitals do not comply with the standards; and (2) an appeals procedure for hospitals that dispute the violation determination. Modifies eligibility categories and requirements for the healthy Indiana plan (plan). Specifies limitations for enrollment in the plan.