Bill Text: VA HB1407 | 2013 | Regular Session | Prefiled

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Bill Title: Inmates; eligibility for medical assistance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-05 - Left in Health, Welfare and Institutions [HB1407 Detail]

Download: Virginia-2013-HB1407-Prefiled.html

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1407 Offered January 9, 2013 Prefiled December 18, 2012 A BILL to amend the Code of Virginia by adding a section numbered 32.1-325.04, relating to inmates; eligibility for medical assistance. ---------- Patron-- Hope ---------- Committee Referral Pending ----------

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1.  That the Code of Virginia is amended by adding a section numbered 32.1-325.04 as follows:

§32.1-325.04. Individuals confined in state or local correctional facilities; eligibility for medical assistance.

A person who is in the custody of a state or local correctional facility and who meets the criteria for eligibility for services under the state plan for medical assistance shall be eligible for medical assistance while he is confined in a state or local correctional facility; however, no services under the state plan for medical assistance shall be furnished to the person while he is confined in a state or local correctional facility unless federal financial participation is available to pay for the cost of the services provided. Upon release from a state or local correctional facility, such individual shall continue to be eligible for services under the state plan for medical assistance until such time as the person is determined to no longer be eligible for medical assistance. To the extent permitted by federal law, the time during which a person is confined in a state or local correctional facility shall not be included in any calculation of when the person must recertify his eligibility for medical assistance.