| TO: | Honorable Lois W. Kolkhorst, Chair, House Committee on Public Health |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | HB3301 by Kolkhorst (Relating to a health passport for Medicaid recipients.), As Introduced |
The Health and Human Services Commission estimates that costs to implement the bill can be absorbed using existing resources. This is because the agency assumes that the functionalities available in the Medicaid Eligibility and Health Information Project (MEHIP) could be leveraged to achieve most of the objectives outlined in the bill.
The agency states that there are two requirements that are currently not available through MEHIP, however. The first is information on patient allergies. To facilitate this requirement, a new functionality would be added allowing providers to input allergy information into the electronic health record.
The second is to make the health passport information available to certain clients in a printed or electronic format. The agency states this could be provided under MEHIP and that costs associated with adding this requirement would be nominal.
When full implementation of electronic health records occurs as specified by the bill on September 1, 2014, there may be implementation costs, including information technology costs.
| Source Agencies: | 529 Health and Human Services Commission
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, CL, MB
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