2025 bills / H.B. 302
H.B. 302 Minors in State Custody Amendments (2025)
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill requires the Department of Health and Human Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver so that minors in its custody who receive federal benefits keep their Medicaid eligibility. It also requires the department to check whether each minor receives or qualifies for federal benefits, apply for them when appropriate, and may serve as the minor's representative payee, with accounting, reporting, and financial literacy training duties.
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Official description
- defines terms
- requires the Department of Health and Human Services (department) to apply for a Medicaid waiver to ensure that minors in the custody of the department who receive federal benefits will maintain resource-eligibility for Medicaid
- requires the department to evaluate whether a minor in the custody of the department is receiving or is eligible to receive federal benefits
- provides that, as appropriate, the department shall apply for federal benefits on behalf of a minor in the custody of the department, and may accept appointment as the representative payee for a minor's federal benefits
- provides accounting, reporting, and administrative requirements for the department concerning a federal benefit provided to a minor in the custody of the department
- requires the department to offer financial literacy training for a minor who received a federal benefit while in the custody of the department, or for a successor representative payee
- grants rulemaking authority to the department relating to the administration of federal benefits for minors in the custody of the department
- requires the department to report annually to the Health and Human Services Interim Committee regarding federal benefits received on behalf of minors in the custody of the department
- makes technical and conforming changes
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 5, 2025Who voted how
- 72 yes, 0 no, 3 absentFinal House vote · Feb 14, 2025Who voted how
- 3 yes, 0 no, 4 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: Amendment Recommendation · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 20, 2025Who voted how
- 25 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal Senate vote · Mar 5, 2025Who voted how
- 73 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse vote to accept the other chamber's changes · Mar 5, 2025Who voted how