New Hampshire Revised Statutes 126-A:4-e – Medicaid Hospice Benefit
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I. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall submit a Title XIX Medicaid state plan amendment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for the purpose of establishing a Medicaid hospice benefit. The hospice benefit shall incorporate, to the greatest extent permissible under federal law, hospice provisions pursuant to Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, Medicare.
II. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules under N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 541-A relative to hospice services provided under Medicaid. The rules shall incorporate, to the greatest extent permissible under federal law, hospice provisions pursuant to Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, Medicare.
III. Beginning October 1, 2009, the department shall submit quarterly reports to the oversight committee on health and human services, established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:13, relative to the status of the state plan amendment and implementation of the Medicaid hospice benefit. The department shall make best efforts to implement the benefit on or before July 1, 2010.
II. The commissioner of the department of health and human services shall adopt rules under N.H. Rev. Stat. Chapter 541-A relative to hospice services provided under Medicaid. The rules shall incorporate, to the greatest extent permissible under federal law, hospice provisions pursuant to Title XVIII of the Social Security Act, Medicare.
Terms Used In New Hampshire Revised Statutes 126-A:4-e
- Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
- Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
- state: when applied to different parts of the United States, may extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall include said district and territories. See New Hampshire Revised Statutes 21:4
III. Beginning October 1, 2009, the department shall submit quarterly reports to the oversight committee on health and human services, established in N.H. Rev. Stat. § 126-A:13, relative to the status of the state plan amendment and implementation of the Medicaid hospice benefit. The department shall make best efforts to implement the benefit on or before July 1, 2010.