This bill would require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to use certain eligibility verification measures to eliminate the duplication of assistance, and deter waste, fraud, and abuse of benefits and would allow the agency to contract with a third-party vendor under certain conditions.
This bill would also require the Alabama Medicaid Agency to implement certain practices relating to quarterly eligibility verification and identity verification examinations and would establish procedures for the dispute of findings by the agency.
This bill would also require the agency to refer certain instances of fraud to the Attorney General or appropriate district attorney for civil or criminal prosecution and to report to the Legislature regarding the effectiveness of the verification practices.
Indefinitely Postponed
Orr motion to Carry Over to the Call of the Chair adopted Voice Vote
Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 829
Orr Amendment Offered
Orr motion to Adopt adopted Roll Call 828
Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development first Substitute Offered
Third Reading Carried Over to Call of the Chair
Read for the second time and placed on the calendar with 1 substitute and
Read for the first time and referred to the Senate committee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Development
Source: Alabama Legislature