HB855
Medicaid; estate recoveries.
Status:
In Senate
Latest Action:
Feb. 10, 2026
Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
Chief Patron:
Rae Cousins (D)
Session:
2026 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. Department of Medical Assistance Services; Medicaid estate recoveries.
Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services (the Department) to limit the operation of its estate recovery program to the recovery of only federally required costs. The bill directs the Department to make information on estate recovery available on its website in multiple languages. The bill directs the Department to ... (More) adopt emergency regulations to implement the provisions of the bill. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/13/2026 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26105065D
- 01/13/2026 - House: Referred to Committee on Health and Human Services
- 01/23/2026 - House: Assigned sub: Social Services
- 01/23/2026 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB855)
- 01/28/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 01/29/2026 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referring to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
- 02/02/2026 - House: Placed on Health and Human Services Agenda
- 02/03/2026 - House: Reported from Health and Human Services (18-Y 4-N)
- 02/05/2026 - House: Read first time
- 02/06/2026 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/09/2026 - House: Read third time and passed House (87-Y 11-N 0-A)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/10/2026 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Education and Health
