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2004 SESSION

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SJ 58 Health care & prescription drugs; Joint Commi. on Health Care to study improv. serv. & costs.

Introduced by: J. Brandon Bell, II | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE:

Study; benefits of public-private partnerships to Medicaid recipients. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the success of other states in improving services and lowering costs of health care and prescription drugs to Medicaid recipients through public-private partnerships, including other states' disease management programs, and to recommend whether Virginia should adopt similar programs. In conducting its study, the Commission shall examine the other states' programs for improving services and lowering costs of health care and prescription drugs through agreements with the private sector, including Florida's Medicaid Initiative and its Medicaid Disease Management Initiative.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; Joint Commission on Health Care; benefits of public-private partnerships to Medicaid recipients; report. Directs the Joint Commission on Health Care to study the success of other states in improving services and lowering costs of health care and prescription drugs to Medicaid recipients through public-private partnerships, including other states' disease management programs, and to recommend whether Virginia should adopt similar programs. In conducting its study, the Commission shall examine the other states' programs for improving services and lowering costs of health care and prescription drugs through agreements with the private sector, including Florida's Medicaid Initiative and its Medicaid Disease Management Initiative. The Commission shall complete its meetings by November 30, 2004, and submit an executive summary of its findings and recommendations no later than the first day of the 2005 Regular Session of the General Assembly.