Bills / H.B. 70
H.B. 70 Correctional Health Services Amendments
- Introduced
- House committee
- House vote
- Senate committee
- Senate vote (stopped here)
- Signed into law
What this bill does
The bill lets the state bill Medicaid for inmates' health care during the 90 days before release, using a federal waiver. It also lets one-time money from a Medicaid-related account pay for an electronic health record system that can bill Medicaid, and it requires opioid use disorder treatment for inmates in their first 90 days and before release.
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Official description
- requires the Department of Health and Human Services (department) to contract for a new electronic health record system for inmate care, based on recommendations of a working group
- permits appropriations from the Medicaid Growth Reduction and Budget Stabilization Account for the electronic health record system
- provides that money appropriated to the department to pay for unanticipated high-cost correctional health expenses is non-lapsing
- requires the department, in consultation with the Department of Corrections, to prepare and implement a plan for providing opioid use disorder treatment to certain inmates who suffer from an opioid use disorder, and requires the Department of Corrections to cooperate with the department in providing medication assisted treatment in accordance with that plan
- defines terms
- makes technical and conforming changes
What it costs you
- The fiscal note says this bill doesn't change anyone's taxes or fees. It moves about $7.0 million in FY2027between the state's own accounts.
- State spending from tax funds goes up by $294,400 in FY2027.
From the bill's latest official fiscal note, counting the state's tax funds (General, Income Tax, Education, Uniform School, and Transportation) in the first full budget year after the session. Some bills take effect partway through that year, so later years can be larger; the note shows each year. Household count: U.S. Census Bureau. An average is a starting point, not your bill.
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Every vote
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 4, 2026Who voted how
- 12 yes, 0 no, 2 absentHouse Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 4, 2026Who voted how
- 63 yes, 1 no, 11 absentFinal House vote · Feb 20, 2026Who voted how
- 4 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 25, 2026Who voted how
- 5 yes, 0 no, 2 absentSenate Health and Human Services Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 25, 2026Who voted how
Hearings and debates
- Feb 4, 2026 House Health and Human Services Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (48 turns) →
- Feb 17, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (5 turns) →
- Feb 20, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (9 turns) →
- Feb 20, 2026 House floor debate▶ WatchRead the transcript (9 turns) →
- Feb 25, 2026 Senate Health and Human Services Committee▶ WatchRead the transcript (6 turns) →