SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 484

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11  Senators Gutman and Forman moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 12, line 25, through page 13, line 6, delete

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18         (f)  When a Medicaid recipient does not choose a

19  managed care plan or MediPass provider, the agency shall

20  assign the Medicaid recipient to a managed care plan or

21  MediPass provider.  Medicaid recipients who are subject to

22  mandatory assignment but who fail to make a choice shall be

23  assigned to managed care plans until an equal enrollment of 50

24  percent in MediPass and 50 percent in managed care plans is

25  achieved. In the first period that assignment begins, the

26  assignments shall be divided equally between the MediPass

27  program and managed care plans.  Thereafter, assignment of

28  Medicaid recipients who fail to make a choice shall be made at

29  a rate that maintains an equal enrollment in MediPass and

30  managed care plans based proportionally on the preferences of

31  recipients who have made a choice in the previous period.

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                                                  SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for CS for SB 484

    Amendment No.    





 1  Such proportions shall be revised at least quarterly to

 2  reflect an update of the preferences of Medicaid recipients.

 3  When making assignments, the agency shall take into account

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 8  And the title is amended as follows:

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12         amending requirements for the mandatory

13         assignment of Medicaid recipients to managed

14         care plans;

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