SLS 201ES-363 ORIGINAL
2020 First Extraordinary Session
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOL UTION NO. 27
BY SENATORS BOUDREAUX, CORTEZ, WHITE, CLOUD, ABRAHAM, BARROW,
FESI, HARRIS, HENRY, JOHNS, TARVER AND WOMACK
HEALTH DEPARTMENT. Directs the Louisiana Department of Health to seek
independent consultant opinions and alternative options for the submission of the Managed
Care Section 438.6(c) Preprint to CMS for FY22 prior to finalization.
1 A CONCURRENT RESOL UTION
2 To authorize and direct the Louisiana Department of Health to seek independent consultant
3 opinions and alternative options for the submission of the Managed Care Section
4 438.6(c) Preprint to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for Fiscal Year
5 2022 prior to finalization.
6 WHEREAS, to address concerns regarding state-directed payments used in state
7 Medicaid programs, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) promulgated
8 42 CFR 438.6(c) to provide for permissible alternative approaches for payment delivery
9 systems and provider payment initiatives; and
10 WHEREAS, Section 438.6(c) provides states with the flexibility to implement
11 delivery systems and provider payment initiatives under Medicaid managed care contracts;
12 and
13 WHEREAS, the Louisiana Department of Health is required to submit the Managed
14 Care Section 438.6(c) Preprint for approval by CMS each fiscal year; and
15 WHEREAS, Medicaid remains the largest single item in Louisiana's operating
16 budget; and
17 WHEREAS, to be a good steward and manage the resources available to the
18 Louisiana Medicaid program prudently and responsibly, the department should obtain input
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1 from all qualified persons who can provide a constructive analysis of and recommend
2 beneficial changes to the Medicaid payment delivery systems and provider payment
3 initiatives.
4 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
5 authorize and direct the Louisiana Department of Health to seek independent consultant
6 opinions and alternative options for the submission of the Managed Care Section 438.6(c)
7 Preprint to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services for Fiscal Year 2022 prior to
8 finalization.
9 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the department shall submit a report containing
10 the alternative options developed by the department pursuant to this Resolution to the Joint
11 Legislative Committee on the Budget on or before February 1, 2021.
12 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
13 secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Brandi Cannon.
DIGEST
SCR 27 Original 2020 First Extraordinary Session Boudreaux
Directs the La. Department of Health to seek independent consultant opinions and alternative
options for the submission of the Managed Care Section 438.6(c) Preprint for FY22 prior
to finalization.
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