WEST virginia legislature

2023 regular session

Committee Substitute

for

House Bill 3274

By Delegates Worrell, Crouse, Westfall, Dean, Hornby, Petitto, Storch, Honaker, Hite, and Longanacre

[Originating in the Committee on Health and Human Resources; Reported on February 16, 2023]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §9-5-31, all relating to requiring the Bureau of Medical Services to apply for waiver.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS.

§9-5-31. Medicaid program; Buy-in plan.

By July 1, 2024, the Bureau of Medical Services shall apply to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for a Basic Health Plan Option under Section 1331 and/or a State Innovation Waiver under Section 1332 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The department shall maximize all available federal dollars the waiver.