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amount, duration, and scope of care provided in the categorically 1 needy medicaid program for adult individuals who: 2 (i) Have an immigration status making them ineligible for federal 3 medicaid or federal subsidies through the health benefit exchange; 4 (ii) Are age 19 and older, including over age 65, and have 5 countable income of up to 138 percent of the federal poverty level; 6 and 7 (iii) Are not eligible for another full scope federally funded 8 medical assistance program, including any expansion of medicaid 9 coverage for deferred action for childhood arrivals recipients. 10 (b) Within the amounts provided in this subsection, the authority 11 shall use the same eligibility, enrollment, redetermination and 12 renewal, and appeals procedures as categorically needy medicaid, 13 except where flexibility is necessary to maintain privacy or minimize 14 burden to applicants or enrollees. 15 (c) The authority in collaboration with the health benefit 16 exchange, the department of social and health services, and community 17 organizations must develop and implement an outreach and education 18 campaign. 19 (d) The authority must provide the following information to the 20 governor's office and appropriate committees of the legislature by 21 February 1st and November 1st of each year: 22 (i) Actual and forecasted expenditures; 23 (ii) Actual and forecasted data from the caseload forecast 24 council; and 25 (iii) The availability and impact of any federal program or 26 proposed rule that expands access to health care for the population 27 described in this subsection, such as the expansion of medicaid 28 coverage for deferred action for childhood arrivals recipients. 29 (e) The amount provided in this subsection is the maximum amount 30 allowable for the purposes of this program. 31 (84)(a) $604,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 32 fiscal year 2024, $2,528,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 33 for fiscal year 2025, and $3,132,000 of the general fund—federal 34 appropriation are provided solely for the authority to increase the 35 eligibility threshold for the qualified medicare beneficiary program 36 to up to 110 percent of the federal poverty level. 37 p. 241 ESSB 5187.SL