2025 SESSION

INTRODUCED

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1762

Offered January 13, 2025

Prefiled January 5, 2025

A BILL to direct the Department of Medical Assistance Services to seek federal authorization to provide Medicaid coverage to individuals who receive Social Security Disability Insurance but are not yet eligible for Medicare coverage.

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Patron—Morefield; Senator: Hackworth

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Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services

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Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. § 1. The Department of Medical Assistance Services shall seek necessary federal authorization to provide Medicaid coverage, regardless of income or assets, to individuals who receive Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) but are not yet eligible for Medicare coverage. If federal authority is granted, an individual shall be eligible for Medicaid upon a determination of eligibility for SSDI and coverage shall continue until such individual is eligible for Medicare coverage.