Bill Text: IN HB1351 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Collection of Medicaid spend down.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health [HB1351 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-HB1351-Introduced.html

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Introduced Version

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HOUSE BILL No. 1351

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL

Citations Affected: IC 12-15-1-22.

Synopsis: Collection of Medicaid spend down. Allows a provider to collect a Medicaid spend down balance from a Medicaid recipient at the time services are rendered. Requires the provider to report the amount of the spend down collected.

Effective: July 1, 2012.

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Bacon, Crouch

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    January 10, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.

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Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)

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HOUSE BILL No. 1351

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    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning Medicaid.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 12-15-1-22; (12)IN1351.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 12-15-1-22 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 22. (a) If a recipient has a remaining spend down balance for the month in which services are being rendered, a provider may collect a recipient's remaining Medicaid spend down amount from the recipient at the time that the provider renders the service to offset the cost of the rendered services.
    (b) A provider who collects a spend down under subsection (a) shall report the amount of the spend down collected to:
        (1) the office;
        (2) the managed care organization if the recipient is enrolled in the Medicaid risk-based managed care program; or
        (3) a contractor of the office responsible for billing.