Explanation:
(This amendment restores $18.2 million from the general fund and $18.2 million in federal Medicaid matching funds and eliminates language in the introduced budget which would have reduced the eligibility limit for Medicaid long-term care services. Currently, elderly or disabled individuals with incomes up to 300 percent of the federal Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payment level ($2,094 per month) may be eligible for Medicaid long-term care services. The introduced budget proposed to reduce this eligibility limit to 250 percent of the SSI payment level ($1,745 per month) effective January 1, 2014, resulting in 4,562 fewer individuals qualifying for Medicaid funded nursing home care or long-term care waiver services.) |