Bill Text: IA SSB3094 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the transition of the Medicaid program long-term services and supports population from managed care to fee-for-service administration, and including effective date provisions.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (N/A - Dead) 2018-01-29 - Subcommittee: Segebart, Costello, and Ragan. [SSB3094 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SSB3094-Introduced.html
Senate
Study
Bill
3094
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
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BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
HUMAN
RESOURCES
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SEGEBART)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
transition
of
the
Medicaid
program
1
long-term
services
and
supports
population
from
managed
care
2
to
fee-for-service
administration,
and
including
effective
3
date
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
TERMINATION
OF
MEDICAID
MANAGED
CARE
CONTRACTS
1
RELATIVE
TO
LONG-TERM
SERVICES
AND
SUPPORTS
POPULATION
——
2
TRANSITION
TO
FEE-FOR-SERVICE.
The
department
of
human
3
services
shall,
upon
the
effective
date
of
this
Act,
provide
4
written
notice
in
accordance
with
the
termination
provisions
5
of
the
contract,
to
each
managed
care
organization
with
whom
6
the
department
executed
a
contract
to
administer
the
Iowa
7
high
quality
health
care
initiative
as
established
by
the
8
department,
to
terminate
such
contracts
as
applicable
to
9
the
Medicaid
long-term
services
and
supports
population,
10
following
a
sixty-day
transition
period.
The
department
shall
11
transfer
the
long-term
services
and
supports
population
to
12
fee-for-service
program
administration.
The
transition
shall
13
be
based
on
a
transition
plan
developed
by
the
department
and
14
submitted
to
the
council
on
human
services
and
the
medical
15
assistance
advisory
council
for
review.
The
department
of
16
human
services
shall
seek
any
Medicaid
state
plan
or
waiver
17
amendments
necessary
to
complete
the
transition.
18
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
immediate
19
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
20
EXPLANATION
21
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
22
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
23
This
bill
directs
the
department
of
human
services
(DHS)
24
to
provide
written
notice
in
accordance
with
the
termination
25
provisions
of
the
contract,
to
each
managed
care
organization
26
with
whom
DHS
executed
a
contract
to
administer
the
Iowa
27
high
quality
health
care
initiative
as
established
by
the
28
department,
to
terminate
such
contracts
as
applicable
to
the
29
long-term
services
and
supports
population,
following
a
60-day
30
transition
period.
DHS
is
directed
to
transfer
the
long-term
31
services
and
supports
population
to
fee-for-service
program
32
administration.
The
transition
is
to
be
based
on
a
transition
33
plan
developed
by
the
department
and
submitted
to
the
council
34
on
human
services
and
the
medical
assistance
advisory
council
35
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