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2005 Bill(s)

* SS SB 539
Sponsor: Purgason, Chuck
Status: GOVERNOR SIGNED
Description: Several reductions in Medicaid coverage. SS sunsets the entire Medicaid program on June 30, 2008 pending recommendations for changes by a commission created by the bill. Legislative staff estimate the final version of the bill would save the state more than $180 million in reduced costs in the first year of implementation.
See: 
  • House roll call - SS SB 539 (04/07/2005): 3rd reading and final passage of the bill to make a variety of reductions in the Medicaid program, cutting about 89,000 off the program and sunsetting Medicaid on June 30, 2008.
  • Senate roll call - SS SB 539 (03/17/2005): Third reading of the bill to make a variety of reductions in the Medicaid program, cutting about 89,000 off the program and sunsetting Medicaid on June 30, 2008.
  • Senate roll call - SS SB 539 (03/15/2005): Perfection of the bill to make a variety of reductions in the Medicaid program, cutting about 89,000 off the program and sunsetting Medicaid on June 30, 2008.
  • Senate roll call - SA 13 SS SB 539 (03/15/2005): An amendment to the Medicaid reduction bill that would sunset the entire Medicaid program on June 30, 2008.
  • The Fiscal Note(s)
  • Official legislative description and status

  • Note: The descriptions of bills, amendments and roll-call votes are written by MDN journalists. MDN's database may not include committee assignments of bills made on the last day of the session since it is too late for the committee to act on the bill and, thus, the delayed assignment has no practical effect.