State plan for medical assistance services; payment for certified community health workers.

State plan for medical assistance services;certified community health workers; work group. Directs the Departmentof Medical Assistance Services to amend the state plan for medicalassistance services to include a provision for payment for services provided by certified community health workers. The bill directsthe Department to convene a work group of stakeholders to designthe certified community health worker services benefit and to seekfederal approval through a state plan amendment to implement thebenefit.