422.2727 - Medicaid waiver pursuant to Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability demonstration initiative: Requirements of application. - Nevada Statutes

422.2727  Medicaid waiver pursuant to Health Insurance Flexibility and Accountability demonstration initiative: Requirements of application.  The Director shall include in the application for the Medicaid waiver pursuant to NRS 422.2726, to the extent authorized by federal law, that the waiver is to:

      1.  Provide coverage for medical services to pregnant women who have household incomes that are more than 133 percent of the federally designated level signifying poverty but not more than 185 percent of the federally designated level signifying poverty.

      2.  Provide a monthly subsidy of up to $100 toward a policy of insurance purchased by an employee or the spouse of an employee:

      (a) Who works for an employer that employs at least 2 but not more than 50 employees;

      (b) Whose household income is less than 200 percent of the federally designated level signifying poverty; and

      (c) Who is otherwise ineligible for Medicaid.

      3.  Provide coverage for hospital care to persons who have low incomes, are otherwise ineligible for Medicaid and who have a catastrophic illness or injury which results in unpaid charges for hospital care. As used in this subsection, “hospital care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 428.155.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 1673)