Committee approves Medicaid managed‑care transparency bill requiring DHHS dashboard

Representative Hall presented HB566 (third substitute), which would require the Department of Health and Human Services to publish standardized dashboard reporting on Medicaid managed‑care organizations, including totals of measures paid and estimated energy savings? (sic — note: the bill concerns Medicaid spending and outcomes, not energy). The sponsor said earlier audit and actuarial provisions were removed and replaced with a dashboard approach; the committee approved the substitution and moved the bill forward.

Committee members asked clarifying questions about which division would be responsible and whether DHHS could meet the original timeline. The sponsor said deadlines were moved later in the year to give DHHS more time to collect data. The bill's fiscal note and funding on the House side were discussed and the committee voted unanimously to recommend the third substitute to the Senate floor.

Next steps include DHHS building the dashboard and reporting data per the timelines in the substituted language.