Legislative Session number- 83

Bill Name: SF2401

"Children's Health Security Act"; requiring the commissioner of human+ services
to establish the children's health security program, specifying +eligibility
requirements and covered services; enumerating application procedures+ and
providing for the delivery of services through commissioner contracts+ with
health maintenance organizations (HMO), community integrated service +networks
(CISN) and accountable provider networks, authorizing the +commissioner to
contract with a private sector entity to administer and manage the +contracts
and requiring commissioner contracting with health care and social +service
providers on a fee for service basis to provide program enrollees +with services
available only under medical assistance (MA) home and community based+ waivers;
requiring the commissioner in consultation with a health care actuary+ to
establish the method and amount of payments for services; requiring +certain
assistance to applicants and the commissioner to designate an +ombudsperson to
advocate for children enrolled in the program and to require +participating
health plan companies and participating providers to submit data +required for
assessing enrollee satisfaction, quality of care, cost and use of +services;
increasing the tax on cigarettes and tobacco products and imposing a +floor
stocks tax to fund the program, creating a children's health security+ account
for the deposit of receipts; requiring the commissioner to develop an
implementation plan for the program for presentation to the +legislature by a
certain date, requiring the seeking of federal waivers and approvals +necessary
for implementation purposes and the adoption of rules(mk)