Managed care insurance policies are already used by Medicaid to cover parents and children in approximately half of Missouri’s counties. The bill would require managed care to be expanded statewide for parents and children beginning in 2015, according to a Missourian report.
Starting in 2018, the legislation would also require some senior and disabled Medicaid patients to be covered through coordinated care organizations, according to the report.
The committee was led by Republican State Senator Gary Romine, who is also sponsoring the legislation. The Senate health committee endorsed the bill by a 6-4 vote, clearing it to move to the full Senate for debate.
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