2007 Senate Bill 1 ↩

Senate Roll Call 12: Passed

To require the Department of Human Services to seek federal permission to use Medicaid funds to create incentives for individual recipients who practice specified positive health behaviors. (Not smoking, losing weight, actually showing up for doctor's appointments are some of the these.) The incentives may include expanded benefits; positive or negative incentives relating to premiums, co-pays, or benefits; and more. The bill would also allow the Department of Community Health to create pay-for-performance incentives for contracted Medicaid HMOs that meet health outcome targets for chronic diseases, and patient compliance targets established by the department. It would allow the department to establish a preferred provider program for durable medical equipment, and provide financial support using Medicaid funds for electronic health records, including e-prescriptions, web-based medical records and other health information technology initiatives.