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Committee backs Medicaid 'wrap‑around' payment for long‑acting reversible contraceptives

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · March 29, 2023
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Summary

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.

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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