Revision: Dec. 23, 2011, midnight
SB 375-FN – AS INTRODUCED
2012 SESSION
01/05
SENATE BILL 375-FN
AN ACT relative to a prepaid health plan for Medicaid services.
SPONSORS: Sen. Morse, Dist 22; Rep. Weyler, Rock 8
This bill repeals the requirement that the department of health and human services apply for a waiver to deliver and pay for Medicaid services to Medicaid-eligible persons with severe mental disabilities through a prepaid health plan.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
12-3004
01/05
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twelve
AN ACT relative to a prepaid health plan for Medicaid services.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Repeal. 2011, 224:24, relative to requiring the department of health and human services to seek approval for a waiver to deliver and pay for Medicaid services to Medicaid-eligible person with severe mental disabilities through a prepaid health plan, is repealed.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
LBAO
12-3004
12/21/11
SB 375-FN - FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to a prepaid health plan for Medicaid services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill will increase state general fund expenditures by $3,000,000 in FY 2013 and in each year thereafter. There will be no fiscal impact on state, county or local revenues or on county or local expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states the prepaid plan mandated by Chapter 224:24, Laws of 2011, will cover both Medicaid and non-Medicaid eligible clients. The Department assumes, without the prepaid plan, the Medicaid eligible clients would receive services under the Medicaid Managed Care program being implemented pursuant to Chapter 125, Laws of 2011. Without the prepaid plan, the people not eligible for Medicaid will not be covered by the managed care program and would receive emergency services on a fee for services basis. Based on information reported to the Department by the Community Mental Health Centers, these services would cost an additional $3 million per year.