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HB1277Introduced in the House

Health and human services matters.

Passed

Introduced by Bradford Barrett, District 56

What does this bill do?

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Official description

Health and human services matters. Amends the duties of the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) concerning Medicaid home and community based services waivers (waiver). Requires: (1) a provider of waiver services to provide certain documentation to a waiver recipient; (2) a waiver recipient to review the documentation and report errors or inconsistencies; and (3) the recipient's case manager to provide assistance to the recipient in reviewing the documentation and reporting any errors or inconsistencies. Requires certain Medicaid recipients to choose the recipient's provider of integrated health care coordination. Provides that integrated health care coordination provided by a provider of assisted living services is not duplicative of certain other services. Establishes a time frame in which the bureau of disabilities services must review and approve or deny requests for an increase in service units provided to certain individuals with a disability. Requires the office to apply to the federal government for: (1) a new Medicaid waiver to provide assisted living services; and (2) an amendment to a specific Medicaid home and community based services waiver to establish an individual cost limit of not more than the institutional cost of nursing facility services. Specifies that provisions concerning reimbursement for assisted living services for individuals who are aged and disabled and receiving services under a Medicaid waiver apply to the new assisted living Medicaid waiver. Provides that, beginning July 1, 2027, an individual is no longer a member of the covered population upon receiving nursing facility services for 100 consecutive days. Provides that on the one hundredth day, the individual is not a member of the covered population and shall receive Medicaid services under a fee for service program. Provides that a provision prohibiting the office from reducing reimbursement for home health services expires June 30, 2027. Requires the office to collaborate with certain entities to develop a new reimbursement methodology for home health services. Specifies that public notice of at least six months (rather than one year) must be provided before a health facility service reimbursement that results in a reduction in reimbursement may be changed. Amends the definition of "bulk drug substance" for provisions concerning drug compounding. Provides that a claim by the estate recovery unit of the office of Medicaid policy and planning (estate recovery unit) is forever barred unless the estate recovery unit files a claim in the court in which the decedent's estate is being administered not later than nine months after the date of death of the decedent.

Where it stands

Public Law 160

March 12, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

House votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

Senate votes

2 recorded votes · each counted separately

HouseStage: House - Conference Committee Report 1 · February 27, 2026

96

Yes

0

No

4

Absent or Not Voting

100 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Carolyn Jackson1Yes
Earl Harris2Yes
Ragen Hatcher3Yes
Edmond Soliday4Yes
Dale DeVon5Yes
Maureen Bauer6Yes
Jake Teshka7Yes
Ryan Dvorak8Yes
Randy Novak9Yes
Charles Moseley10Yes

Bill history

  1. Authored by Representative Barrett

  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health

  3. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  4. Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

  5. Representative Porter added as coauthor

  6. Representative Goss-Reaves added as coauthor

  7. Representative Slager added as coauthor

  8. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  9. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  10. Senate sponsor: Senator Crider

  11. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 180: yeas 93, nays 0

  12. Referred to the Senate

  13. First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services

  14. Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

  15. Senator Brown L added as second sponsor

  16. Senator Busch added as cosponsor

  17. Senator Becker added as cosponsor

  18. Senator Randolph added as cosponsor

  19. Senator Charbonneau added as cosponsor

  20. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  21. Amendment #3 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote

  22. Amendment #8 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote

  23. Amendment #1 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote

  24. Amendment #2 (Ford J.D.) failed; voice vote

  25. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  26. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 250: yeas 47, nays 0

  27. Returned to the House with amendments

  28. Motion to dissent filed

  29. House dissented from Senate amendments

  30. Senate conferees appointed: Crider, Jackson L

  31. Senate advisors appointed: Busch, Yoder, Brown L

  32. House conferees appointed: Barrett, Shackleford

  33. House advisors appointed: Goss-Reaves, Slager, Lopez, Bauer, Porter

  34. Signed by the Speaker

  35. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  36. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  37. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 416: yeas 96, nays 0

  38. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 325: yeas 46, nays 4

  39. Signed by the President of the Senate

  40. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  41. Signed by the Governor

  42. Public Law 160

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