WEST virginia legislature

2019 regular session

Introduced

House Bill 2206

By Delegates Westfall and Rohrbach

[Introduced January 10, 2019; Referred
to the Committee on Seniors, Children, and Family Issues then Finance.]

A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §9-5-27, relating to transitioning foster children into managed care.

Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:

ARTICLE 5.  Miscellaneous provisions.

§ 9-5-27.  Transitioning Foster Care into Managed Care.

(a) “Eligible services” means acute care, including medical, pharmacy, dental, and behavioral health services.

(b) The secretary shall transition to a capitated Medicaid program for a child classified as a foster child and a child placed in foster care under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act who is living in the state by January 1, 2019. The program shall be statewide, fully integrated, and risk based; shall integrate Medicaid-reimbursed eligible services; and shall align incentives to ensure the appropriate care is delivered in the most appropriate place and time.

(c) The secretary shall make payments for the eligible services, including home and community-based services, using a managed care model.

(d) The secretary shall submit, if necessary, applications to the United States Department of Health and Human Services for waivers of federal Medicaid requirements that would otherwise be violated in the implementation of the program, and shall consolidate any additional waivers where appropriate.

(e) If a selected managed care organization ceases to contract with the Department of Health and Human Services to provide Medicaid managed care services, it must provide all patient records, including medical records, to the next selected managed care organization to ensure the eligible medicaid beneficiaries do not experience an interruption in care.

(f) In designing the program, the secretary shall ensure that the program:

(1) Reduces fragmentation and offers a seamless approach to meeting participants’ needs;

(2) Delivers needed supports and services in the most integrated, appropriate, and cost-effective way possible;

(3) Offers a continuum of acute care services, which includes an array of home and community-based options;

(4) Includes a comprehensive quality approach across the entire continuum of care services; and

(5) Consults stakeholders in the program development process.

NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require DHHR to transition children placed in foster care into managed care.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.