Direct Primary Care Services For Medicaid Recipients

The bill prohibits the department of health care policy and financing (department) from denying a medicaid recipient the right to purchase direct primary care services or enter into a direct primary care agreement. On or before July 1, 2025, the department shall submit a report to the joint budget committee on whether allowing medicaid recipients to purchase direct primary care services or enter into a direct primary care agreement resulted in any direct or indirect cost-savings to the state and federal medicaid programs and whether there has been an increase or decrease in overall access to care for medicaid recipients.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)