Section 36-27-198

Section 36-27-198Persons receiving Medicaid benefits

Any person who received benefits under the Medicaid Program and whose eligibility for Medicaid benefits would be impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided to retirees and beneficiaries by this article shall not be entitled to receive the aforementioned increase. Any person who subsequently applies for benefits under the Medicaid Program and that person's eligibility to receive benefits is impaired by the cost-of-living increase provided to retirees and beneficiaries by this article, shall not be entitled to receive the increase subsequent to the date that the member files application for benefits under the Medicaid Program.

(Act 2005-316, 1st Sp. Sess., p. 766, §13.)