Bill Text: IN SB0015 | 2012 | Regular Session | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Brain injury services and Medicaid.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)

Status: (Enrolled - Dead) 2012-03-19 - Signed by the Governor [SB0015 Detail]

Download: Indiana-2012-SB0015-Engrossed.html


February 24, 2012





ENGROSSED

SENATE BILL No. 15

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DIGEST OF SB 15 (Updated February 22, 2012 7:59 pm - DI 77)



Citations Affected: IC 12-15; noncode.

Synopsis: Brain injury services and case management services. Requires the office of Medicaid policy and planning (OMPP) to apply to amend the state Medicaid plan to include reimbursement under Medicaid for brain injury services and neurobehavioral services provided in Indiana. Requires the state department of health (ISDH) to license facilities that provide brain injury services and neurobehavioral services. Establishes an advisory committee assist OMPP and ISDH. Requires OMPP to develop a plan for a case management services for the aged, blind, and disabled pilot program. Requires OMPP to present the plan to the health finance commission. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the health finance commission.)

Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2012.





Miller, Becker , Breaux, Buck
(HOUSE SPONSORS _ BROWN T, BROWN C, KARICKHOFF)




    January 4, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services.
    January 12, 2012, amended, reported favorably _ Do Pass.
    January 17, 2012, read second time, amended, ordered engrossed.
    January 18, 2012, engrossed.
    January 23, 2012, read third time, passed. Yeas 49, nays 1.

HOUSE ACTION

    January 31, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Public Health.
    February 23, 2012, amended, reported _ Do Pass.





February 24, 2012

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)


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ENGROSSED

SENATE BILL No. 15



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

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

SOURCE: IC 12-15-1.3-18; (12)ES0015.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 12-15-1.3-18 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 18. (a) The office shall do the following:
        (1) Before September 1, 2012, apply to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for an amendment to the state Medicaid plan to include reimbursement under Medicaid for brain injury services and neurobehavioral services provided in Indiana.
        (2) Provide the state department of health with information necessary for the state department of health to create a licensure category for neurobehavioral rehabilitation facilities and facilities that provide brain injury services.
    (b) The state department of health shall license facilities that provide brain injury services and neurobehavioral services and shall consider the information provided by the office under subsection (a)(2).
    (c) The office may not implement the Medicaid plan amendment

under subsection (a) until the office files an affidavit with the governor attesting that the Medicaid plan amendment applied for under subsection (a) is in effect. The office shall file the affidavit under this subsection not later than five (5) days after the office is notified that the Medicaid plan amendment is approved.
    (d) If the office receives a plan amendment under this section from the United States Department of Health and Human Services and the governor receives the affidavit filed under subsection (c), the office shall implement the
Medicaid plan amendment under subsection (a) not more than sixty (60) days after the governor receives the affidavit.
    (e) The office may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 necessary to implement this section.
    (f) The office shall provide the health finance commission (established by IC 2-5-23-3) with an update on the status and implementation of this section during the 2012 and 2013 legislative interims.
    (g) The brain injury treatment advisory committee is established for the purpose of assisting the state department of health and the office of the secretary of family and social services with the implementation of this section. The committee consists of the following members:
        (1) The commissioner of the state department of health or the commissioner's designee, who is the chairperson of the committee.
        (2) The director of the office of Medicaid policy and planning, or the director's designee.
        (3) The director of the division of aging, or the director's designee.
        (4) The director of the rehabilitation services bureau within the office of the secretary of family and social services, or the director's designee.
        (5) The following members appointed by the governor not later than May 1, 2012:
            (A) One (1) member representing the Brain Injury Association of Indiana.
            (B) Six (6) individuals representing any of the following:
                (i) Brain injury service providers.
                (ii) Residential care providers.
                (iii) Health care providers who have knowledge concerning brain injuries.
            (C) One (1) representative of the rate setting contractor

used by the office of Medicaid policy and planning.
            (D) One (1) consumer of brain injury services.
            (E) One (1) psychologist licensed under IC 25-33-1 who specializes in the assessment and treatment of individuals with a brain injury.
            (F) One (1) individual who is a caregiver of a consumer of brain injury services.
            (G) One (1) representative of the Indiana Association of Area Agencies on Aging.
The office shall staff the committee. The committee shall meet at least four (4) times at the call of the chairperson. The members of the committee are not entitled to per diem or reimbursement for expenses incurred in connection with the members' committee duties. The committee is abolished July 1, 2013.
        
SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012] (a) The office of Medicaid policy and planning (IC 12-8-6-1) shall develop a plan for a pilot program to establish a case management system for aged, blind, and disabled Medicaid recipients.
    (b) Before September 29, 2012, the office of Medicaid policy and planning shall submit the plan developed under subsection (a), including any proposed legislative changes needed to implement the plan, to the health finance commission (established by IC 2-5-23-3).
    (c) The health finance commission shall study whether:
        (1) the plan developed under subsection (a) should be implemented; and
        (2) legislation should be prepared concerning the plan developed under this SECTION.
    (d) This SECTION expires December 31, 2012.

SOURCE: ; (12)ES0015.1.3. -->     SECTION 3. An emergency is declared for this act.

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