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HB 1378 Medical Assistance Services, Department of; establishing pilot program for use of biometric data.

Introduced by: Mark D. Sickles | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Department of Medical Assistance Services; pilot program for the use of biometric data.  Requires the Department of Medical Assistance Services to design and develop a plan for a pilot program for the use of biometric data to identify medical assistance services recipients and link services rendered to specific recipients, in order to (i) increase the quality of care provided to recipients of medical assistance services; (ii) improve the accuracy and efficiency in billing for medical assistance services by providers; and (iii) reduce the potential for identity theft and the unlawful use of recipients' identifying information.


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