A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to give States the option of providing for coverage for certain HIV-related services for certain individuals who have been diagnosed as being HIV-positive, and for other purposes.
Medicaid AIDS and HIV Amendments of 1990 - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to allow each State to provide Medicaid coverage of HIV-related services for individuals who have the HIV virus and an abnormally low immune function for which medical intervention is indicated and whose income and resources do not exceed the maximum amounts allowed under the State Medicaid program for disabled individuals.
Allows States to provide Medicaid home and community based services to children who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Applies the same income and resource eligibility standards as would apply if such children were hospitalized.
Requires States to increase payments for inpatient hospital services delivered to Medicaid-eligible individuals with AIDS by hospitals serving high volumes of AIDS victims.
Permits States to provide Medicaid coverage of the premiums charged individuals who are eligible for continued employer group health plan coverage after their loss of employment if such individuals also have the HIV virus and an income that does not exceed 133 percent of the Federal poverty level.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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