MEDICAID-MANAGED CARE-CHOICE

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that by January 1, 2005, the Department of Public Aid must implement enhancements to the managed care portion of the Medicaid program so that it contains (i) a requirement to choose between enrollment in a managed care plan and enrollment in the fee-for-service program, (ii) an annual 30-day open enrollment period, and (iii) provisions for a default assignment to a managed care plan (in counties with 2 or more managed care plans accepting Medicaid recipients as enrollees) or the fee-for-service program (in counties with fewer than 2 such managed care plans). Effective immediately.