HJR65 Summary

• Urges United States Congress to create a voluntary program allowing physicians and dentists who are Medicaid providers to offer free services to Medicaid patients in exchange for federal income tax credits.

• Identifies that more than 9,000 physicians and dentists currently provide care to over 900,000 Medicaid patients annually in Alabama.

• States that Medicaid provider reimbursements cost Alabama and the federal government billions of dollars annually and create economic strain on providers and government budgets.

• Requires copies of the resolution be sent to the Speaker of the House, President of the Senate, and all members of the Alabama Congressional Delegation with a request for official entry into the Congressional Record.

• House adopted the resolution on February 16, 2012; Senate adopted on March 15, 2012.