An Act To Strengthen the Economic Stability of Qualified Maine Citizens by Expanding Coverage of Reproductive Health Care and Family Services

Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §3173-G  is enacted to read:

§ 3173-G.  Medicaid coverage for reproductive health care and family planning services

The department shall provide for the delivery of federally approved Medicaid services to a qualified adult or adolescent when the adult's or adolescent's individual income is equal to or below 209% of the nonfarm income official poverty line for reproductive health care and family planning services, including pregnancy prevention, testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infection or cancer and access to contraception, in accordance with the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Public Law 111-148, as amended by the federal Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010, Public Law 111-152.

Sec. 2. Medicaid state plan amendment. The Department of Health and Human Services shall prepare and submit a Medicaid state plan amendment to the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services that, effective October 1, 2015, provides Medicaid coverage for reproductive health care and family planning services for adults and adolescents who have individual incomes less than or equal to 209% of the nonfarm income official poverty line, as defined by the federal Department of Health and Human Services and updated annually in the Federal Register under authority of 42 United States Code, Section 9902(2), and who are not otherwise eligible for Medicaid.

Sec. 3. Contingent effective date. That section of this Act that enacts the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, section 3173-G takes effect only if:

1. The Commissioner of Health and Human Services receives written approval of the state plan amendment submitted in accordance with section 2 from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services; and

2. The Commissioner of Health and Human Services notifies the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Senate, the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Revisor of Statutes that written approval of the state plan amendment has been received.

SUMMARY

This bill expands Medicaid coverage for reproductive health care and family planning services to adults and adolescents who have individual incomes less than or equal to 209% of the nonfarm income official poverty line as defined in accordance with federal law, which is the same Medicaid coverage level as for pregnant women.