HB 1039 Summary

• Abolishes the select joint commission on Medicaid oversight and transfers its duties to the health finance commission.

• Abolishes the health finance advisory committee and health policy advisory committee within the health finance commission.

• Expands health finance commission authority to study and oversee the state Medicaid program and children's health insurance program, including contractor performance and managed care organization compliance.

• Extends the leave conversion pilot project for legislative and judicial branch state employees from June 30, 2013 to June 30, 2016.

• Updates multiple statutory references to redirect Medicaid oversight reports from the abolished select joint commission to the health finance commission.