RS 160.2 - Establishment of the Louisiana Access to Better Care Medicaid Insurance Demonstration Project
A. The secretary shall submit a waiver request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services to implement on a limited basis and serving a portion of the Medicaid eligibles, the Louisiana Access to Better Care Medicaid Insurance Demonstration Project.
B. The purpose of the demonstration project is to provide a more cost-effective means of providing health care coverage for certain medical assistance participants or eligible individuals by providing those participants or individuals with a choice of purchasing private health insurance, high deductible catastrophic health insurance, or a benefit payment schedule plan, or enrolling in a managed care plan. One of these health care service programs shall be purchased with state funds from an account in the name of the participant or other eligible individual.
Acts 1995, No. 1242, §1, eff. June 29, 1995; Acts 1997, No. 46, §1, eff. June 11, 1997.