TO:	Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services
FROM:	Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:	SB1829 by Hinojosa (Relating to maintaining an electronic directory of contact information for Medicaid managed care program recipients.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted

The bill would amend Chapter 533 of the Government Code to require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to maintain an electronic directory of contact information for Medicaid recipients enrolled in a managed care plan. Medicaid managed care organizations and the enrollment broker would be required to update the directory in real time. This analysis assumes there would be a minimal cost associated with implementing the provisions of the bill that could be absorbed within current resources.

Local Government Impact

No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.