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HB 617 Medicaid managed care programs; program information documents.

Introduced by: Kenneth R. Melvin | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

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Medicaid managed care programs; program information documents; plain language. Requires program information documents furnished Medicaid recipients covered under Medicaid managed care plans to be written in nontechnical, readily understandable language, using words of common, everyday usage. These documents (including forms, handbooks, brochures, etc.) are required to be analyzed under the Flesch Readability Formula and achieve a readability score of 40 or better. All such documents must be filed with the Department of Medical Assistance Services in advance of their use and distribution to program recipients and potential recipients, accompanied by certificates setting forth the documents' Flesch scores, and certifying compliance with the requirements of this law. Language mandated by federal or state laws, regulations or agencies is exempt from this requirement, but the mandate allowing the exemption must be documented.

The bill becomes effective January 1, 1997.


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