SB 270-1_ Filed 02/22/2006, 14:46
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COMMITTEE REPORT
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MR. SPEAKER:
Your Committee on Public Health , to which was referred Senate Bill 270 , has
had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the
recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (06)CR027002.1. -->
Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new
paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 2-5-23-21; (06)CR027002.1. -->
"SECTION 1. IC 2-5-23-21 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2006]: Sec. 21. Not more than thirty (30) days after a
change to the state Medicaid plan for the Medicaid program, the
office of Medicaid policy and planning shall submit a report of the
change to the commission and the legislative council in an
electronic format under IC 5-14-6.".
SOURCE: Page 22, line 1; (06)CR027002.22. -->
Page 22, line 1, delete "This section applies after" and insert: " If
approved by the office, a managed care organization may adopt a
plan for the collection of a copayment for services that are provided
to a Medicaid recipient in an emergency room.
(b) Each managed care organization must adopt a plan that
includes the following components:
(1) The education of Medicaid recipients concerning how a
recipient may access health care services and modifications to
the recipient's health plan.
(2) Procedures to track visits to emergency rooms by Medicaid
recipients.
(3) Alternative sites for Medicaid recipients to receive health
care services.
(4) Methods to clearly identify a Medicaid recipient's current
status to a provider who is not a member of the recipient's
managed care organization.
(5) Procedures to pay for professional services provided to
screen a Medicaid recipient who seeks services in an
emergency room.
(6) Protocols for dispute resolution between the managed care
organization and providers.".
Page 22, delete lines 2 through 15.
Page 28, line 7, delete "not" and insert " Not".
Page 28, after line 41, begin a new paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: ; (06)CR027002.54. -->
"SECTION 54. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2006]
(a) The office of
Medicaid policy and planning shall do the following:
(1) Study possible changes to the state Medicaid program or
other new programs that would limit or restrict a future
increase in the number of Medicaid recipients in health
facilities licensed under IC 16-28.
(2) Prepare a comprehensive cost comparison of Medicaid and
Medicaid waiver services and other expenditures in the
following settings:
(A) Home care.
(B) Community care.
(C) Health facilities.
The cost comparison must include a comparison of similar
services that are provided in the different settings.
(b) Before October 1, 2006, the office of Medicaid policy and
planning shall report its findings under subsection (a) to the select
joint commission on Medicaid oversight established by IC 2-5-26-3.
(c) This SECTION expires January 1, 2007.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to SB 270 as reprinted February 2, 2006.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
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CR027002/DI 77 2006