Bill Text: GA SB443 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Medicaid Care Management Organization Legislative Oversight Committee; create
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-04-20 - House Committee Favorably Reported [SB443 Detail]
Download: Georgia-2009-SB443-Engrossed.html
10 LC 36 1605S
(SCS)
Senate
Bill 443
By:
Senators Smith of the 52nd, Hawkins of the 49th, Thomas of the 54th, Unterman of
the 45th, Mullis of the 53rd and others
AS
PASSED SENATE
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 21A of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated,
relating to the "Medicaid Care Management Organizations Act," so as to create
the Medicaid Care Management Organization Legislative Oversight Committee; to
provide for its membership, terms, and meetings; to provide for its duties; to
provide for cooperation with other agencies; to provide for an annual report; to
provide for expenses for members; to provide for an audit; to provide for an
effective date; to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and
for other purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
21A of Title 33 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to the
"Medicaid Care Management Organizations Act," is amended by adding a new Code
section to read as follows:
"33-21A-13.
(a)
There is created the Medicaid Care Management Organization Legislative Oversight
Committee which shall be composed of eight persons: three members of the House
of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
three members of the Senate appointed by the Lieutenant Governor, and one member
of the House of Representatives and one member of the Senate appointed by the
Governor. The members of the committee shall be selected within ten days after
the convening of the General Assembly in each odd-numbered year and shall serve
until their successors are appointed.
(b)
The Lieutenant Governor shall appoint a member of the committee to serve as
chairperson, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall appoint one
member to serve as vice chairperson during each odd-numbered year. The Speaker
of the House of Representatives shall appoint a member of the committee to serve
as chairperson, and the Lieutenant Governor shall appoint one member of the
committee to serve as vice chairperson during each even-numbered year. The
committee shall meet at least three times each year and, upon the call of the
chairperson, at such additional times as deemed necessary by the
chairperson.
(c)
It shall be the duty of the committee to review and evaluate:
(1)
Information relating to consumer complaints involving eligibility
determinations;
(2)
Information relating to provider complaints involving payment or coverage
issues;
(3)
Information relating to a care management organization's compliance with
contract terms, including timeframes and deadlines;
(4)
Information relating to a care management organization's compliance with
statutory and regulatory requirements; and
(5)
Such other information or reports as deemed necessary by the
committee.
(d)
The Department of Community Health and the Department of Insurance shall
cooperate with the committee and provide such information or reports as
requested by the committee for the performance of its functions.
(e)
The committee shall make an annual report of its activities and findings to the
membership of the General Assembly and the Governor within one week of the
convening of each regular session of the General Assembly. The chairperson of
the committee shall deliver written executive summaries of such report to the
members of the General Assembly prior to the adoption of the General
Appropriations Act each year.
(f)
The members of the committee shall receive the allowances authorized for
legislative members of legislative committees. The funds necessary to pay such
allowances shall come from funds appropriated to the House of Representatives
and the Senate.
(g)
The committee shall be authorized to request that a performance audit of the
services provided by care management organizations for Medicaid and PeachCare
for Kids be conducted."
SECTION
2.
This
Act shall become effective on January 1, 2011.
SECTION
3.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.
