Amend CSHB 1 (house committee printing) in Article II of the bill, immediately following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission (page II-37), by adding the following appropriately numbered rider and renumbering subsequent riders accordingly:

____.  Maximize Receipt of Federal Funds Under Medicaid. It is the intent of the legislature that the Health and Human Services Commission use money appropriated to the commission under Strategy B.1.1, Medicaid Contracts and Administration, to prepare and seek a waiver under Section 1115 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Section 1315) or other applicable federal law to the state Medicaid plan to expand to the maximum extent permitted by federal law the categories of persons eligible for Medicaid benefits to include all persons for whom federal matching funds are available. The waiver must seek to maximize the reduction in the number of uninsured residents of this state, promote personal responsibility with respect to health care, increase the efficiency of the delivery of health care services in this state, and reduce health care costs.