Section 14-2-1005 – Birth Cost Recovery Allocation-Medical Assistance.
14-2-1005. Birth cost recovery allocation-medical assistance. (a) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, any amount recovered by the department pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1003(c), (d) or (f) shall be remitted to the department of health. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (c) and (d) of this section, any amount […]
Section 14-2-1006 – Birth Cost Recovery Accounts.
14-2-1006. Birth cost recovery accounts. (a) There is created the birth cost recovery incentive account. Funds remitted to the account pursuant to W.S. 14-2-1005(d)(i) shall be used by the department for any services or programs relating to infants or mothers. The account may be divided into subaccounts for purposes of administrative management. Funds in the […]
Section 14-2-1007 – Best Interests of a Child.
14-2-1007. Best interests of a child. The department shall not take any action authorized by this article and W.S. 42-4-122 if the department determines that the action would not be in the best interests of a child.
Section 14-2-1008 – Adoption of Rules.
14-2-1008. Adoption of rules. The department of family services and the department of health, in consultation with each other, shall each promulgate rules to carry out the provisions of this article and W.S. 42-4-122.
Section 14-2-1004 – Birth Cost Recovery Calculation-Medical Assistance.
14-2-1004. Birth cost recovery calculation-medical assistance. (a) Before requiring the payment of any amount of birth costs under W.S. 14-2-1003, the department shall require the father to provide satisfactory proof of income. If the father does not provide satisfactory proof of income, or if the department is unable to determine the father’s income using any […]
Section 14-2-906 – Effect of Dissolution of Marriage or Withdrawal of Consent.
14-2-906. Effect of dissolution of marriage or withdrawal of consent. (a) If a marriage is dissolved before placement of eggs, sperm or embryos, the former spouse is not a parent of the resulting child unless the former spouse consented in a record that if assisted reproduction were to occur after a divorce, the former spouse […]
Section 14-2-907 – Parental Status of Deceased Individual.
14-2-907. Parental status of deceased individual. If an individual who consented in a record to be a parent by assisted reproduction dies before placement of eggs, sperm or embryos, the deceased individual is not a parent of the resulting child unless the deceased individual consented in a record that if assisted reproduction were to occur […]
Section 14-2-1001 – Short Title.
14-2-1001. Short title. This article may be cited as the “Medicaid Fairness Act.”
Section 14-2-1002 – Definitions.
14-2-1002. Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) “Birth cost” means all expenses relating to prenatal care, delivery of a child and any other costs which are directly connected to a pregnancy and paid by medical assistance; (ii) “Department” means the department of family services created pursuant to W.S. 9-2-2101; (iii) “Federal poverty level” […]
Section 14-2-1003 – Birth Cost Recovery-Medical Assistance.
14-2-1003. Birth cost recovery-medical assistance. (a) Not more than sixty (60) days after an unmarried recipient of medical assistance gives birth to a child, the department of health shall notify the department of family services of the actual amount of birth costs paid by medical assistance. (b) Upon receiving notice pursuant to subsection (a) of […]