Bill Text: NJ S665 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Directs Medicaid to establish medical home demonstration project.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-06-10 - Substituted by A226 (2R) [S665 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S665-Amended.html
SENATE, No. 665
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator BARBARA BUONO
District 18 (Middlesex)
Senator JOSEPH F. VITALE
District 19 (Middlesex)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senators Gordon, Weinberg, Ruiz, Stack and Cunningham
SYNOPSIS
Directs Medicaid to establish medical home demonstration project.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As reported by the Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee on February 4, 2010, with amendments.
An Act concerning the Medicaid program and supplementing P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.).
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. 1a.1 The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services, subject to federal approval and the availability of federal financial participation under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, shall establish a three-year Medicaid medical home demonstration project as provided in this act. The demonstration project shall be developed in consultation and implemented with the managed care organizations 1or other appropriate vendors1 that contract with the Medicaid program to provide health care services to Medicaid 1or general public assistance1 recipients.
1b.1 The Medicaid program shall:
1[a. Restructure its payment system to support primary care providers that use a medical home model. The program shall consider] (1) Consider1 payment methodologies that support care-coordination through multi-disciplinary teams, including payment for care of patients with chronic diseases and the elderly, and that encourage services such as: 1[(1)] (a)1 patient or family education for patients with chronic diseases; 1[(2)] (b)1 home-based services; 1[(3)] (c)1 telephonic communication; 1[(4)] (d)1 group care; 1(e) oral health examinations, when applicable;1 and 1[(5)] (f)1 culturally and linguistically appropriate care. In addition, the payment system shall be structured to reward quality and improved patient outcomes1[.];1
1[b.] (2)1 Develop a system to support primary care providers in developing an organizational structure necessary to provide a medical home1[.]; and1
1[c.] (3)1 Identify primary care providers for participation in the demonstration project that provide care to their patients using a medical home model, which at a minimum shall include primary care providers utilizing a multi-disciplinary team that provides patient-centered care coordination through the use of health information technology and chronic disease registries across the patient's life-span and across all domains of the health care system and the patient's community.
1[d.] c.1 Nothing in this act shall be construed to limit the choice of a Medicaid 1or general public assistance1 recipient who is participating in 1[a] the1 medical home demonstration project to directly access a qualified health care provider for family planning services who is not participating in the demonstration project.
1d. Subject to the availability of federal matching funds, the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services shall begin implementing the demonstration project no later than January 1, 2011.1
e. As used in this act:
1"General public assistance" means the Work First New Jersey General Public Assistance program established pursuant to P.L.1947, c.156 (C.44:8-107 et seq.);1
"Medicaid" means the Medicaid program established pursuant to P.L.1968, c.413 (C.30:4D-1 et seq.); and
"Primary care provider" includes, but is not limited to, a primary care professional medical practice, a federally qualified or community health center, and a primary care outpatient clinic operated by a general hospital.
2. The Director of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services shall evaluate the demonstration project annually to assess: whether cost savings are achieved through implementation of the medical home project; the rates of health screening; and the outcomes and hospitalization rates for persons with chronic illnesses, and the hospitalization and readmission rates for the frail elderly.
13. The Commissioner of Human Services shall apply for such State plan amendments or waivers as may be necessary to implement the provisions of this act and to secure federal financial participation for State Medicaid expenditures under the federal Medicaid program.1
1[3.] 4.1 The 1[Director of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services] Commissioner of Human Services1 shall report annually to the Governor, and to the Legislature pursuant to section 2 of P.L.1991, c.164 (C.52:14-19.1), on 1[his] the1 findings and recommendations of the demonstration project.
1[4.] 5.1 The Commissioner of Human Services shall, in accordance with the "Administrative Procedure Act," P.L.1968, c.410 (C.52:14B-1 et seq.), adopt such rules and regulations as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.
1[5.] 6.1 This act shall take effect on the 180th day after enactment and shall expire three years after the effective date, but the Commissioner of Human Services may take such anticipatory administrative action in advance thereof as shall be necessary for the implementation of this act.
