Creating the medicaid access program.

SB 5372 creates the Medicaid Access Program to fund increased payments to Medicaid providers. It requires health insurers (health carriers) to pay $0.50 per covered person per month and Medicaid managed care organizations to pay $18 per covered person per month. Assessments are capped at 3 million member months per organization and must fund professional services rate increases for Medicaid providers. The program’s implementation depends on federal approval of state plan changes and state budget funding.