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Amend the bill by striking out all of sections 2 and 3 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 2. Asset test removed for the Medicare savings program; state plan amendment. The Department of Health and Human Services shall amend its rules, no later than January 1, 2020, to remove the asset test from the requirements of eligibility for the Medicare savings program.
The department shall prepare and submit any necessary Medicaid state plan amendments to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for approval for the removal of the asset test required by this section.
Sec. 3. Appropriations and allocations. The following appropriations and allocations are made.
 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF
 
Medical Care - Payments to Providers 0147
 
Initiative: Provides appropriations and allocations to remove the asset test for the Medicare savings program and the elderly low-cost drug program.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$1,520,649	$1,531,001	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$1,520,649	$1,531,001	

FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$2,649,236	$2,638,884	
			
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND TOTAL	$2,649,236	$2,638,884	

Office for Family Independence Z020
 
Initiative: Provides one-time appropriations and allocations for required technology changes.

GENERAL FUND	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$5,372	$0	
			
GENERAL FUND TOTAL	$5,372	$0	

OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	2019-20	2020-21	
All Other	$16,115	$0	
			
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS TOTAL	$16,115	$0	

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF			
DEPARTMENT TOTALS	2019-20	2020-21	
			
GENERAL FUND	$1,526,021	$1,531,001	
FEDERAL EXPENDITURES FUND	$2,649,236	$2,638,884	
OTHER SPECIAL REVENUE FUNDS	$16,115	$0	
			
DEPARTMENT TOTAL - ALL FUNDS	$4,191,372	$4,169,885	
 
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SUMMARY
This amendment, which is the majority report of the committee, removes the provisions in the bill relating to income eligibility levels for the Medicare savings program and the elderly low-cost drug program. It also removes the asset test for the Medicare savings program and requires the Department of Health and Human Services to submit any necessary Medicaid state plan amendments to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The amendment adds an appropriations and allocations section.
FISCAL NOTE REQUIRED
(See attached)