2016 Idaho Statutes
Title 56 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE AND WELFARE
Chapter 2 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE LAW
Section 56-209m - WEIGHT CONTROL PILOT PROJECT.

56-209m. Weight control pilot project. Based upon available funding, the director of the department of health and welfare is directed to apply for the appropriate waiver or waivers from the centers for medicare and medicaid services for the state medicaid program to conduct a pilot project to determine the effectiveness of, and projected cost savings which may result from, providing reimbursement for weight control therapies, including anorexic drugs, and nutritional, diet and exercise counseling, in the state medicaid drug program, with the following limitations:

(1) Participation in the pilot program shall be limited to one hundred (100) clients;

(2) The length of the pilot program shall be limited to three (3) years;

(3) Participation shall be limited to clients with a body mass index (BMI) over twenty-five (25); and

(4) The department shall report annually to the senate and house health and welfare committees concerning the progress on all programs initiated under the waiver.

History:

[56-209m, added 2004, ch. 269, sec. 1, p. 752.]