Introduced Version




SENATE BILL No. 279

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: None (noncode).

Synopsis: Recreational therapy services. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services to amend the aged and disabled Medicaid waiver to include recreational therapy services.

Effective: July 1, 2004.



Simpson


    January 8, 2004, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services.




Introduced

Second Regular Session 113th General Assembly (2004)


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SENATE BILL No. 279


    A BILL FOR AN ACT concerning Medicaid.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

    SECTION 1. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2004] (a) As used in this SECTION, "office" refers to the office of Medicaid policy and planning established by IC 12-8-6-1.
    (b) As used in this SECTION, "recreational therapy services" means the prescribed use by a specialist of recreational and other activities as treatment interventions to improve the functional living competence of individuals with mental, emotional, or physical disadvantages.
    (c) As used in this SECTION, "waiver" refers to the aged and disabled Medicaid waiver.
    (d) Before September 1, 2004, the office shall apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services to amend the waiver to include recreational therapy services.
    (e) The office may not implement the amendment to the waiver until the office files an affidavit with the governor attesting that the amendment to the waiver applied for under this SECTION is in effect. The office shall file the affidavit under this subsection not later than five (5) days after the office is notified that the

amendment to the waiver is approved.
    (f) If the office receives the approval from the Untied States Department of Health and Human Services for the amendment to the waiver applied for under this SECTION and the governor receives the affidavit filed under subsection (e), the office shall implement the amendment to the waiver not more than sixty (60) days after the governor receives the affidavit.
    (g) The office may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement this SECTION.
    (h) This SECTION expires July 1, 2012.