Amendment #232 to H4100

Children's Continuity of Care

Ms. Story of Amherst moves to amend the bill by adding at the end thereof the following section:

"SECTION      .    To the extent resources permit, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services shall conduct an investigation of all federal and state assistance programs  to determine which have eligibility requirements within the requirements of MassHealth and which could feasibly share data with the MassHealth program for purposes of renewing eligible children and their eligible parents in MassHealth through the express-lane eligibility option created under the Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009 (PL 111-3).  The Executive Office shall submit a report on the results of that investigation to the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means, the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing, the Joint Committee on Children and Families and Persons with Disabilities and the House and Senate clerks not later than April 1, 2013.”.