January 10, 2007, Introduced by Senator GEORGE and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.
A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled
"The social welfare act,"
(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 105b.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 105b. The department shall seek appropriate amendments to
the medicaid state plan and shall include in any federal waiver
request, submitted with the intent to secure federal matching funds
to cover the medically uninsured, language to allow the department
of community health to do, at a minimum, all of the following:
(a) Use medicaid funds to create incentives for individual
medical assistance recipients who practice specified positive
health behaviors. The incentives described in this subdivision may
include, but are not limited to, expanded benefits and incentives
relating to premiums, co-pays, or benefits.
(b) Allow the department of community health to create pay-
for-performance incentives for contracted medicaid health
maintenance organizations. The medicaid health maintenance
organization contracts would include incentives for meeting health
outcome targets for chronic disease states and patient compliance
targets established by the department of community health.
(c) Allow the department of community health to establish a
preferred product and service formulary program for durable medical
equipment. The preferred product and service formulary program for
durable medical equipment would require participation from the
department of community health, the contracted medicaid health
maintenance organizations, and provider organizations.
(d) Provide financial support for electronic health records
including e-prescribing, web-based medical records, and other
health information technology initiatives using medicaid funds.