SB 153-1_ Filed 02/23/2006, 10:03 Avery

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    PREVAILED      Roll Call No. _______
    FAILED        Ayes _______
    WITHDRAWN        Noes _______
    RULED OUT OF ORDER

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HOUSE MOTION ____

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MR. SPEAKER:

    I move that Engrossed Senate Bill 153 be amended to read as follows:

SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (06)MO015303.1. -->     Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new paragraph and insert:

SOURCE: IC 12-14-2-1; (06)MO015303.1. -->     "SECTION 1. IC 12-14-2-1 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 1. (a) After the investigation under IC 12-14-1-6, the county office shall decide the following:
        (1) Whether the child is eligible for assistance under this article.
        (2) The amount of assistance.
        (3) The date assistance begins.
    (b) The county office may not consider:
        (1) money in an individual development account under IC 4-4-28 that belongs to the child or a member of the child's family;
        (2) five thousand dollars ($5,000) of equity value (as defined in 470 IAC 10.1-3-1) in one (1) motor vehicle that belongs to a member of the child's family; or
        (3) a Holocaust victim's settlement payment received by the child or a member of the child's family;
when determining whether the child is eligible for assistance under this article.
     (c) The division or the county office may not enter into a contract under which another person is to make eligibility determinations under this article unless the general assembly expressly authorizes the division to contract with another person for the making of the eligibility determinations.

SOURCE: IC 12-15-1-4; (06)MO015303.2. -->     SECTION 2. IC 12-15-1-4 IS AMENDED TO READ AS

FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 4. (a) The office and the division of family and children shall formulate written protocols that specify the following:
        (1) That the county offices are responsible for all eligibility determinations made under the state Medicaid program.
        (2) That the office is responsible for payment of a claim made under the state Medicaid plan.
    (b) The office may enter into any contract to implement the state program. However, the office or a county office may not enter into a contract under which another person is to make eligibility determinations under this article unless the general assembly expressly authorizes the division to contract with another person for the making of eligibility determinations.".
    Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
    (Reference is to ESB 153 as printed February 21, 2006.)

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