Substitute for HB 2731 by Committee on Welfare Reform -Requiring the department of health and environment in coordination with the Kansas department for aging and disability services to seek federal approval to establish continuous medicaid eligibility for certain individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities who are receiving services through a home and community based services waiver, requiring the secretary for children and families and the secretary of health and environment to enter into data-matching agreements with state agencies to verify eligibility for food and medical assistance, directing the department of health and environment to submit certain data to the centers for medicare and medicaid services, prohibiting certain public assistance program waivers or exemptions without legislative approval, prohibiting self-attestation for purposes of determining eligibility for public assistance programs, limiting retroactive enrollment in the medical assistance program, increasing the age limit for able-bodied adults without certain dependents and prohibiting certain exemptions from work requirements under the food assistance program.
What changed between versions
Added requirements to seek federal approval for continuous Medicaid eligibility for individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities, protecting them from routine eligibility redeterminations.
Removed the specific mandate for automatic issuance of SUN Bucks (summer electronic benefit transfer) benefits for children.
Established new data-matching agreements requiring monthly and quarterly checks with agencies like vital statistics, labor, corrections, and the lottery to verify eligibility and detect changes in circumstances.
Prohibited state agencies from offering waivers or exemptions for work requirements without express legislative approval.
Required the department of health and environment to submit enrollment data to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to identify and remove individuals enrolled in multiple states.
Mandated immediate termination of medical assistance eligibility upon confirmation of an enrollee's death.
Removed the original provision focused on exchanging information between the secretary for children and families and the office of the inspector general specifically for fraud investigations.