2009 House Bill 4707

Increase “working poor” Medicaid subsidies for households up to $75,000

Introduced in the House

March 26, 2009

Introduced by Rep. Jim Slezak (D-50)

To revise the Medicaid eligibility income and asset caps for individuals who are at less than 250 percent of the poverty rate. (Those with incomes of up to $75,000 for a household of one may pay a fee to obtain this government health care coverage – House Bill 4708 would revise those fees.) The bill would exclude money an individual receives from various government disability or unemployment benefit payments, and exclude various asset classes from being included in a $75,000 asset cap.

Referred to the Committee on Families and Childrens Services