{"id":5248,"date":"2012-02-29T16:42:41","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T23:42:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/?p=5248"},"modified":"2012-02-29T18:01:23","modified_gmt":"2012-03-01T01:01:23","slug":"a-plan-in-the-works-to-reverse-key-medicaid-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/idaho\/2012\/02\/29\/a-plan-in-the-works-to-reverse-key-medicaid-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"A Plan In The Works To Reverse Key Medicaid Cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Idaho Legislature<\/p>

Rep. Janice McGeachin (R-Idaho Falls) is said to be working on legislation to reverse a number of Medicaid service cuts.<\/p><\/div>\n

Draft legislation to reverse some of the Medicaid service cuts<\/a> approved in recent years has been introduced in a House committee.\u00a0 That’s according to the Idaho Council on Developmental Disabilities.\u00a0 Marilyn Sword, the group’s executive director, says Rep. Janice McGeachin (R-Idaho Falls) has been working on the proposal.<\/p>\n

Rep. McGeachin, who chairs the House Health and Welfare Committee, could not be reached for comment.<\/p>\n

Less than two weeks ago, however, she urged the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee<\/a> to reverse specific cuts.\u00a0 One was the cut that forces Idaho Medicaid recipients with dual diagnoses to choose between skill training to manage a mental illness and skill training to manage\u00a0developmental disabilities.\u00a0 Another was the cut that eliminated preventative and restorative dental services for adults with disabilities.<\/p>\n

In an interview at that time, Rep. McGeachin said reinstatement of those services would cost roughly $8 million in combined federal and state funding.\u00a0 Between $1.5 million and $2 million of that would come from state general funds, she said.<\/p>\n

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