Bill Title: As enacted, requires the bureau to establish a program that identifies child TennCare enrollees who are likely to be eligible for federal supplemental security income due to disability upon reaching 18 years of age; requires the program to initiate counseling with and provide enrollment assistance to the child to prevent a gap in TennCare eligibility upon the child reaching 18 years of age. - Amends TCA Title 71.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-13 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 310 [HB0616 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Sabi Kumar [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-066	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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