Bill > S620

This bill, concerning the equitable assignment of MassHealth enrollees, proposes to amend Chapter 118E of the Massachusetts General Laws by adding a new section that mandates the automatic enrollment of MassHealth beneficiaries who haven't chosen a managed care option into a Medicaid managed care organization. MassHealth is the state's Medicaid program, providing health insurance to eligible low-income residents. A Medicaid managed care organization is a private health plan that contracts with the state to provide healthcare services to MassHealth members. The bill specifies that the Primary Care Clinician (PCC) plan, which is a type of managed care option within MassHealth, should not be favored over any other individual Medicaid managed care organization during this automatic assignment process. Instead, assigned members are to be divided equally and on a rotating basis between the PCC plan and other individual Medicaid managed care organizations.