0001|                            HOUSE BILL 398
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0002|     43RD LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - SECOND SESSION, 1998
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0003|                            INTRODUCED BY
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0004|                            JOSE R. ABEYTA
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0008|             FOR THE HEALTH AND WELFARE REFORM COMMITTEE
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0009|     
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0010|                                AN ACT
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0011|     RELATING TO HEALTH; REQUIRING REGIONALIZATION OF MEDICAID
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0012|     MANAGED CARE.
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0014|     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
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0015|          Section 1.  MEDICAID MANAGED CARE--REGIONALIZATION
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0016|     REQUIRED.--After July 1, 1998, any medicaid managed care
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0017|     contract entered into by the human services department or any
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0018|     other state agency shall not permit the provider to offer
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0019|     services on a statewide basis, but must require the provider
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0020|     to offer services only in a specific geographic region of the
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0021|     state.  A provider may provide services in more than one
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0022|     region in the state.  This regionalization of the medicaid
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0023|     managed care program shall be structured by the department to
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0024|     achieve maximum cost savings in the program's operation and
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0025|     shall be designed to protect the operations and effective use
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0001|     of local health care providers and facilities.
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