DHFS-MEDICAID-VENDOR CONTRACT

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to contract with a vendor to perform the coordination of benefits for Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care enrollees (rather than contract with a vendor to support the Department in coordinating benefits for Medicaid enrollees). Provides that the contract with the vendor shall include, but not be limited to, a review of the following populations: persons eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid benefits (dual-eligible clients); persons enrolled in the fee-for-service medical assistance program; persons enrolled in the managed care medical assistance program; and persons eligible for benefits provided under the Children's Health Insurance Program Act. Provides that if the Department does not issue a comprehensive procurement, including both the identification of other insurance and the recovery of funds for the populations listed, and contracts with a vendor for both pieces within 3 months after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department's Inspector General shall procure for the identification and recovery of other insurance.