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- Referred to health
- Committee discharged and committed to health
- Notice of committee consideration - requested
- Referred to aging
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Establishes the medicaid outreach and enrollment program
In Assembly Committee · Aging · Sponsor Felix Ortiz
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Sponsor's memo
BILL NUMBER:S481
Title of bill
REVISED 12/30/11
An act in relation to increasing access to medicines for needy seniors through the outreach to and enrollment of eligible Medicare beneficiaries in the Medicaid program
Purpose or general idea of bill
The purpose of this bill is to establish the Medicaid outreach and enrollment program, which would increase the access of pharmaceuticals, for needy senior citizens and the disabled.
Summary of specific provisions
Section 1. Short Title: "Medicaid Outreach and Enrollment for Qualifying Medicare Beneficiaries Program"
Section 2. Legislative Findings and Intent
Section 3. Establishes the Medicaid Outreach and Enrollment Program. Such program shall be administered by the Department of Health. Allows the Department to develop outreach initiatives to identify Medicaid-eligible, Medicare beneficiaries who are not currently participating in the Medicaid program and to encourage those individuals to seek enrollment in the Medicaid program. Such initiatives may include; mailings, advertisements, public service announcements, literature dissemination and community outreach.
Section 4. Requires the Department of Health to report to the legislature on an annual basis commencing one year after program implementation. Specifies the criteria to be included in such report, including the number of individuals who qualified and the number that were targeted via the program, the number that enrolled in the program, a description of the outreach initiatives utilized by the program, and a detailed accounting of how funding was used.
Section 5. Effective Date
Existing legislation
None.
Justification
This law will allow the Department of Health to develop an initiative to increase the number of Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible for but not enrolled in the Medicaid program. It is also a way for the Department of Health to create a list of individuals who qualify for the Medicaid program and put forth effort to enroll them in the Medicaid program so that these individuals can have proper health care and pharmaceuticals. The individuals who are qualifying for this program need to know that they have support from the Department of Health.
Requiring the Department of Health to report on an annual basis will ensure the program is progressing at the desired pace. It also keeps the legislature up to date with the initiative efforts and the results of the program.
Prior legislative history
2011: S.481 - Discharged from Aging, Committed to Health/A.1113 Referred to Aging 2009-2010: S.6116 - Referred to Finance/A.7552 - Referred to Aging 2007-2008: A.2791 - Referred to Aging 2005-2006: A.2232 - Referred to Aging 2003-2004: A.3508 - Held in Ways and Means 2002: A.9822 - Passed Assembly
Fiscal implications for st ate and local governments
To be determined.
Effective date
This act shall take effect immediately.
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