Revision: Feb. 16, 2012, 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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.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pay for Medicaid services to Medicaid-eligible person with severe mental disabilities through a prepaid health plan, is repealed.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
Revised 02/09/12
SB 375 FISCAL NOTE
AN ACT relative to to a prepaid health plan for Medicaid services.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Department of Health and Human Services states this bill will have no fiscal impact on state, county, or local revenues and expenditures.
METHODOLOGY:
The Department states this bill is a necessary technical change to Chapter 224:24, Laws of 2011 in order to enable the Department to comply with Chapter 125, Laws of 2011. Chapter 125 requires the Department to provide managed care for all persons who receive Medicaid. To the extent there may be any additional costs, those costs can be absorbed by the Department without additional funding.