Bill Text: IN SB0364 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Case management services.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-09 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services [SB0364 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0364-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 12-9-5-3.5.
Synopsis: Case management services. Provides that the division of
disability and rehabilitative services (division) must ensure that case
management services provided by the division: (1) are provided by
entities that are independent of the provider of services and the
division; and (2) are provided so that the consumers of the services
have a variety of choices of service providers. Provides that contracts
for case management services cannot be made for more than one year
with a maximum of one renewal. Requires the division to report to the
commission on developmental disabilities annually on the provision of
case management services.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider
Services.
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(b) Case management services, provided either directly or pursuant to a contract with the division, must be provided by an individual who is independent of:
(1) the division; and
(2) any entity providing non case management services to the individual.
(c) If the division contracts for the provision of case management services, the division must enter into a contract with more than one (1) provider so that an individual receiving case management services has a choice of providers, regardless of where the individual is located within the state, and to ensure that services are provided in an independent manner.
(d) If, after July 1, 2012, the division contracts for the provision of case management services, any contract entered into may not be for a term that exceeds one (1) year, with a maximum of one (1) renewal for a one (1) year term, without re-bidding the contract or contracts.
(e) Each year the division must report to the commission on developmental disabilities created by IC 2-5-27.2-1 on the provision of case management services to individuals receiving services from the division. The report must include information on:
(1) the number of contracts entered into for the provision of case management services;
(2) the number of clients served; and
(3) feedback on the clients' satisfaction with the availability and appropriateness of case management services received.
