Committee backs Medicaid 'wrap‑around' payment for long‑acting reversible contraceptives
House Bill 13‑85 would allow a wrap‑around payment for LARC outside Medicaid’s global delivery payment; sponsor cited cost differences and examples from other states and the committee passed the bill by voice vote.
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The Public Health, Welfare and Labor Committee voted to advance House Bill 13‑85 after a sponsor presentation that framed the change as both a clinical and fiscal improvement. The bill would allow Medicaid to make a separate "wrap‑around" payment for long‑acting reversible contraceptives (LARC) rather than folding the cost into the global delivery payment.
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