DHFS-MEDICAID-NCQA ACCREDITED

Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that any entity that contracts with the Department of Healthcare and Family Services, its subsequent agency, or the State to provide managed care to individuals enrolled as clients, beneficiaries, or recipients, who receive medical benefits under the Illinois medical assistance program, must be National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) accredited within 3 years after beginning to provide services under the Illinois medical assistance program, and any such entities engaged in providing managed care or coordinated care under the Illinois medical assistance program on the effective date of this amendatory Act must be NCQA accredited by January 1, 2015.