IN HB1591

Establishes the Indiana Affordable Care Study Committee to study health insurance exchange implementation and essential health benefits definition, with 12 voting members including legislators and state officials, expiring July 1, 2016

Eliminates Medicaid resource requirements for most populations beginning January 1, 2014, retaining them only for aged, blind, or disabled individuals, those seeking long term care services, and Medicare cost sharing applicants

Requires the Office of Medicaid Policy and Planning to apply for federal waivers by July 1, 2013, to mandate enrollment of aged, blind, or disabled Medicaid recipients in risk-based managed care

Directs the office to seek federal approval for a Medicaid expansion program covering individuals under 133% of the federal poverty level, requiring health care accounts, out-of-pocket payments, managed care enrollment, and home and community based services for long term care

Creates the Indiana Health Benefit Exchange Advisory Committee with 9 governor-appointed members and 3 ex officio members to advise on exchange policy and Medicaid expansion implementation, and requires premium payments from recipients with income at or above 150% of the federal poverty level