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Read. Follow. Verify.Idaho House Bill 807 Authorizes Family Members to Provide Paid Personal Care Services Under Medicaid
Last action · March 3, 2026: Reported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
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What This Bill Proposed
MEDICAID – Adds to existing law to provide legislative approval for certain family personal care services.
Family members who act as primary caregivers can now be officially compensated through Medicaid for up to 25 hours per week of personal care, subject to a statewide cap of 1,000 active caregivers and departmental oversight.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Legally responsible individuals
They are newly authorized to provide compensated personal care services to family members under Medicaid, capped at 25 hours per week.
Department of Health and Welfare
The department is required to submit federal plan amendments and waivers, oversee participating caregivers, and manage rules and wait lists.
Key Facts
- The Department of Health and Welfare must submit state plan amendments and waivers to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to allow legally responsible individuals to provide personal care services.
- Personal care services provided by a legally responsible individual are limited to a maximum of 25 hours per week at the assessed level of care.
- The total number of legally responsible individuals authorized to provide these personal care services at one time is capped at 1,000.
- Recipients who require more than 25 hours of care per week may receive additional care from non-legally responsible individuals.
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- The Department of Health and Welfare may promulgate rules, subject to legislative approval, to establish wait list procedures.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Mar 3, 2026CommitteeReported Printed and Referred to Health & Welfare
- Mar 2, 2026IntroducedIntroduced, read first time, referred to JRA for Printing
Version history
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 65)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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