Alaska 33rd Legislature (2023-2024) Status: Passed House Bipartisan · 5 R · 2 I cosponsors

HB 260 — An Act repealing programs for catastrophic illness assistance and medical assistance for chronic and acute medical conditions.

Last action — (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MYERS, WILSON

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill died with 33rd Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there are no live odds of enactment. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

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What changed in the latest version

130 added · 131 removed

Plain-language change summary

The legislative amendments to HB 260 involve changes in the language related to medical assistance programs and fraud prevention. Specifically, the amendments clarify the conditions under which providers must allow access to patient records for audits, reinforcing the oversight of medical claims. Additionally, they refine the definition of medical assistance fraud to ensure accountability among individuals submitting claims. This matters because it aims to enhance the integrity of the medical assistance system, making it harder for fraudulent claims to go unchecked and ensuring that resources are directed to those who genuinely need them.

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33-LS1085\B.A HOUSE BILL NO.
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260 am IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION BY REPRESENTATIVES STAPP, Galvin, Schrage, Saddler, Tomaszewski, Sumner, Tilton SENATORS Myers, Wilson Amended:
260 IN THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE - SECOND SESSION BY REPRESENTATIVES STAPP, Galvin, Schrage, Saddler, Tomaszewski, Sumner, Tilton Introduced:
5/6/24 Introduced:
1/16/24 Referred:
1/16/24 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act repealing programs for catastrophic illness assistance and medical assistance for chronic and acute medical conditions." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
Health and Social Services, Finance A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED "An Act repealing programs for catastrophic illness assistance and medical assistance for chronic and acute medical conditions." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:
(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee at the director level may issue subpoenas to compel the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary as evidence in connection with an investigation under or the administration of AS 47.07 (medical assistance), [AS 47.08 (ASSISTANCE FOR CATASTROPHIC ILLNESSES AND ACUTE OR CHRONIC HB0260b -1- HB 260 am New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1085\B.A MEDICAL CONDITIONS),] AS 47.25 (day care assistance, child care grants, general relief, adult public assistance, and food stamps), and AS 47.27 (Alaska temporary assistance program).
(a) The commissioner or the commissioner's designee at the director level may issue subpoenas to compel the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary as evidence in connection with an investigation under or the administration of AS 47.07 (medical assistance), [AS 47.08 (ASSISTANCE FOR CATASTROPHIC ILLNESSES AND ACUTE OR CHRONIC MEDICAL CONDITIONS),] AS 47.25 (day care assistance, child care grants, general HB0260a -1- HB 260 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1085\B relief, adult public assistance, and food stamps), and AS 47.27 (Alaska temporary assistance program).
(6) knowingly destroys, mutilates, suppresses, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a medical assistance record HB 260 am -2- HB0260b New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1085\B.A knowing that the person lacks the authority to do so;
(6) knowingly destroys, mutilates, suppresses, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a medical assistance record knowing that the person lacks the authority to do so;
or (7) violates a provision of AS 47.07 [OR AS 47.08] or a regulation adopted under AS 47.07 [OR AS 47.08].
or HB 260 -2- HB0260a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1085\B (7) violates a provision of AS 47.07 [OR AS 47.08] or a regulation adopted under AS 47.07 [OR AS 47.08].
(17) "services" or "medical assistance services" means a health care benefit that may qualify for reimbursement under AS 47.07 [OR AS 47.08], including health care benefits provided, attempted to be provided, or claimed to have been provided to another, by a medical assistance provider, or "services" as defined in HB0260b -3- HB 260 am New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1085\B.A AS 11.81.900;
(17) "services" or "medical assistance services" means a health care benefit that may qualify for reimbursement under AS 47.07 [OR AS 47.08], including health care benefits provided, attempted to be provided, or claimed to have been provided to another, by a medical assistance provider, or "services" as defined in AS 11.81.900;
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HB0260a -3- HB 260 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1085\B * Sec.
HB 260 am -4- HB0260b New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1085\B.A (7) whom another state or jurisdiction has identified on a civil registry or database substantially similar to the databases identified under this section for reasons substantially similar to the reasons identified in (1) - (6) of this subsection.
(7) whom another state or jurisdiction has identified on a civil registry HB 260 -4- HB0260a New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED] 33-LS1085\B or database substantially similar to the databases identified under this section for reasons substantially similar to the reasons identified in (1) - (6) of this subsection.
2 of this Act, the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee at the director level may issue subpoenas to compel the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary as evidence in connection with an investigation under AS 47.08 that began before the effective date of this Act or for an investigation of a violation of AS 47.08 that occurred before the effective date of this Act.
2 of this Act, the commissioner of health or the commissioner's designee may issue subpoenas to compel the production of books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, and other records considered necessary as evidence in connection with an investigation under AS 47.08 that began before the effective date of this Act or for an investigation of a violation of AS 47.08 that occurred before the effective date of this Act.
HB0260b -5- HB 260 am New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]
HB0260a -5- HB 260 New Text Underlined [DELETED TEXT BRACKETED]
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Action History

  1. (S) CROSS SPONSOR(S): MYERS, WILSON

  2. (S) REFERRED TO FINANCE

  3. (S) FIN

  4. (S) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  5. (H) VERSION: HB 260 AM

  6. (H) TRANSMITTED TO (S)

  7. (H) COSPONSOR(S): SCHRAGE, SADDLER, TOMASZEWSKI, SUMNER, TILTON

  8. (H) PASSED Y37 N3

  9. (H) READ THE THIRD TIME HB 260 AM

  10. (H) ADVANCED TO THIRD READING UC

  11. (H) AM NO 1 ADOPTED UC

  12. (H) READ THE SECOND TIME

  13. (H) RULES TO CALENDAR 5/6/2024

  14. (H) COSPONSOR(S): GALVIN

  15. (H) FN2: (DOH)

  16. (H) FN1: ZERO(DOH)

  17. (H) NR: JOSEPHSON, HANNAN, GALVIN

  18. (H) DP: TOMASZEWSKI, CRONK, ORTIZ, COULOMBE, STAPP, D.JOHNSON, FOSTER

  19. (H) FIN RPT 7DP 3NR

  20. (H) Moved HB 260 Out of Committee -- Recessed from 4/29/24 1:30 pm --

  21. (H) FINANCE at 09:00 AM ADAMS 519

  22. (H) Minutes (HFIN)

  23. (H) Scheduled but Not Heard -- Recessed to 4/30/24 at 9:00 am --

  24. (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519

  25. (H) Heard & Held -- Recessed to 6:00 pm --

  26. (H) FINANCE at 01:30 PM ADAMS 519

  27. (H) FN2: (DOH)

  28. (H) FN1: ZERO(DOH)

  29. (H) DP: FIELDS, SUMNER, RUFFRIDGE, MCCORMICK, MINA, SADDLER, PRAX

  30. (H) HSS RPT 7DP

  31. (H) Minutes (HHSS)

  32. (H) Moved HB 260 Out of Committee

  33. (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106

  34. (H) Minutes (HHSS)

  35. (H) Heard & Held

  36. (H) HEALTH & SOCIAL SERVICES at 03:00 PM DAVIS 106

  37. (H) HSS, FIN

  38. (H) READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS

  39. (H) Prefile released 1/12/24

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors HB 260?
HB 260 is sponsored by Wilson, Robert Myers (R), Cathy Tilton (R), Sumner, Frank Tomaszewski (R), Dan Saddler (R), Calvin Schrage (N), Alyse Galvin (N), and Will Stapp (R).
What is the current status of HB 260?
This bill died with 33rd Legislature (2023-2024). It reached “Passed House” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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