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The Council shall study the administration of the Medicaid program under the assumption that the General Assembly will enact by July 1, 2007, a law establishing a new cabinet level department to administer the program. |
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The council shall make quarterly reports on the Council’s progress to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. |
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The council shall submit a final written report to the Governor, President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives not later than December 31, 2006. |
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Recommendations regarding the scope and structure of the new department of Medicaid. |
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A business plan that directs the transition of the Medicaid program’s administration from the Department of the Job and Family Services and the other state agencies that assist the department, to the new department and addresses the transition’s fiscal and operational impact.
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Identification of the resources needed to implement the business plan. |
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Structuring the Medicaid program’s administration in a manner that optimizes the program’s fiscal and operational objectives. |
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Centralizing financing and information technology functions to coordinate the new department’s activities with other state agencies, if any, that assist in the program’s administration. |
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Creating a unified budget for Medicaid-funded long-term care services. |
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The fiscal and operating impact that a new administrative structure for the program would have on the Department of Job and Family Services, and other state agencies and local level governmental entities that currently assist in the program’s administration. |
