Citations Affected: IC 12-7; IC 12-13.
Synopsis: Transitional services Medicaid waiver. Conference committee report to ESB 481.
Allows the division of family and children to implement a program to provide transitional
services to individuals who have become or will become 18 years of age or emancipated while
receiving foster care. Allows the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply for an
amendment to the state Medicaid plan and, if necessary, apply for a Medicaid waiver to provide
services to individuals who are at least 18 years of age but less than 21 years of age who have
become to old too be eligible for foster care. (This conference committee report removes
language that required the office of Medicaid policy and planning to apply for a Medicaid
waiver that would allow certain Medicaid eligible elderly and disabled persons to receive
a cash allowance or have control of a specific budget so that they may purchase certain
eligible services.)
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2005.
MADAM PRESIDENT:
Your Conference Committee appointed to confer with a like committee from the House
upon Engrossed House Amendments to Engrossed Senate Bill No. 481 respectfully reports
that said two committees have conferred and agreed as follows to wit:
that the Senate recede from its dissent from all House amendments and that
the Senate now concur in all House amendments to the bill and that the bill
be further amended as follows:
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Senator Lawson CRepresentative Budak
Chairperson
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Senator SimpsonRepresentative Crawford
Senate Conferees House Conferees