Bill Text: VA SB615 | 2024 | Regular Session | Engrossed
Bill Title: Medicaid- & CHIP-enrolled beneficiaries; DMAS shall convene work group to design services benefits.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2024-02-28 - Tabled in Appropriations (19-Y 2-N) [SB615 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2024-SB615-Engrossed.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. That the Department of Medical Assistance
Services (the Department) shall convene a work group to design a community
health worker services benefit for Medicaid-enrolled and CHIP-enrolled
beneficiaries. The work group shall include representatives from the Institute
for Public Health Innovation, the Virginia Community Health Workers
Association, Virginia Health Catalyst, the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare
Association, the Department of Health, and other organizations at the
Department's discretion. The work group shall consider the reimbursement
methodology for the benefit, the services to be included in the benefit, the
educational and training requirements community health workers must possess to
furnish the benefit, and other considerations at the Department's discretion.
The work group shall complete its work and submit a report to the Chairs of the
House Committees on Appropriations and Health and Human Services and the Senate
Committees on Finance and Appropriations and Education and Health by December
1, 2024. The report shall include the estimated cost of the benefit and any
additional legislative authority required to implement the benefit. [ Following
the completion of the work group, if sufficient authority and funding are
provided by the General Assembly, the Department shall initiate the federal
state plan amendment process to seek federal approval for a Medicaid community
health worker services benefit. Upon approval of the state plan amendment by
the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, the Department shall implement
this change prior to completion of any regulatory process. ]
