MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid coverage through the TEFRA option program (EN SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)
HB 595 amends Medicaid coverage under the TEFRA program to specifically include sickle cell anemia as a qualifying condition. This change directly affects Medicaid beneficiaries in the state who have sickle cell anemia, expanding their access to covered services under the program. The key provision replaces the general phrase "a chronic disease" with "sickle cell anemia" in the coverage criteria, ensuring this specific condition is explicitly included.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Jun 2025
House Passage
Jun 2025
Senate Passage
Jun 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 4, 2025
Signed Jun 11, 2025
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HB595 Original
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MINOR
This bill amends the Medicaid TEFRA option eligibility criteria for children with sickle cell anemia. It replaces a general rule requiring frequent emergency room visits with a specific provision allowing children who need emergency care more than once a month to stabilize sickle cell anemia to qualify, even if they are not admitted as inpatients.
Scope change
The bill narrows the scope of the emergency care eligibility criterion from a general disability requirement to a specific condition (sickle cell anemia), while maintaining the frequency requirement of more than once per month.
ELIGIBILITY
Changed the emergency care eligibility criterion from a general disability standard to a specific requirement for sickle cell anemia patients who need emergency stabilization more than once per month.
Removed the specific language stating that the child need not be admitted to the hospital for inpatient treatment, as this is now implied by the focus on stabilization rather than admission.
Deleted the original text defining the emergency care criterion as a general disability requirement applicable to all children.
Floor votes · Senate Jun 8, 2025 · House May 14, 2025
How they voted
34–0
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 37
Jun 8, 2025
D
Democratic11
100% Yea
R
Republican26
88% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Jun 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read by title, roll called, yeas 99, nays 2, Senate amendments concurred in.
lower
Jun 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 36 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.
upper
Jun 3, 2025
Committee
Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
upper
Jun 3, 2025
Upper · Passed
Rules suspended. Recalled from Committee.
upper
May 29, 2025
Committee
Read by title. Recommitted to the Committee on Finance.
upper
May 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably.
upper
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 75, nays 10. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.
lower
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported with amendments (11-0).
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Committee
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
Apr 4, 2025
Committee
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Health and Welfare.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tammy Phelps
DDemocratic
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