SB 481-1_ Filed 04/25/2005, 14:22
Adopted 04/25/2005

CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

DIGEST FOR ESB 481



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.



CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT

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:

SOURCE: Page 3, line 7; (05)CC048101.1.3. -->     Page 3, delete lines 7 through 42.
    Page 4, delete lines 1 through 12.
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to ESB 481 as printed March 23, 2005.)




Conference Committee Report

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Engrossed Senate Bill 481



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igned by:

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    Senator Lawson CRepresentative Budak
    Chairperson

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    Senator SimpsonRepresentative Crawford

    Senate Conferees    House Conferees


CC048101/DI 104
2005