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H.R. 3821, Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act 1 (February 11, 2016)

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                  CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
                              COST ESTIMATE

                                                                February 11, 2016


                                  H.R. 3821
                    Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act

        As ordered reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce
                              on November 18, 2015


SUMMARY

H.R. 3821 would require state Medicaid agencies to publish, on public websites, a
directory of certain medical care providers who provided care to Medicaid enrollees in the
prior 12 months. The directory would be limited to providers who had been reimbursed on
a fee-for-service basis or had received a primary care case management fee. In addition to
the names of the providers, the directories would include the following information: the
medical speciality of the provider, the address of the provider, and the contact information
of the provider.

For providers who had received a primary care case management fee, the directory would
also need to include whether the provider is accepting new Medicaid patients and the
provider's cultural and linguistic capabilities, including languages spoken. States
maintaining such directories would have to update them at least annually.

H.R. 3821 would affect federal spending by requiring states to spend administrative funds
on developing and maintaining these directories. The federal government reimburses
50 percent of states' spending for general administrative activities. CBO estimates that
enacting H.R. 3821 would increase direct spending by $13 million over the 2016-2026
period. Because the legislation would affect direct spending, pay-as-you-go procedures
apply. Enacting the bill would not affect revenues.

CBO estimates that enacting the legislation would not increase net direct spending or
on-budget deficits by more than $5 billion in one or more of the four consecutive 10-year
periods beginning in 2027.

H.R. 3821 contains no intergovernmental or private sector mandates as defined in the
Unfunded Mandates Reform Act (UMRA).

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