This bill aims to amend the Social Security Act to include individuals with sickle cell disease in Medicaid health home programs. It requires states to provide dental and vision services to those enrolled in these programs, irrespective of existing Medicaid requirements. States with sickle cell disease-focused State plan amendments must submit reports on the quality of healthcare, access to healthcare, and total healthcare expenditures for individuals with sickle cell disease. The bill also requires the Secretary to make best practices for these programs publicly available on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services website.
Sickle Cell Disease Comprehensive Care Act
This bill allows state Medicaid programs to establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with sickle-cell disease. (Under current law, state Medicaid programs may establish health homes to provide coordinated care for individuals with specified chronic conditions.) States must ensure that such care includes dental and vision services.
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services must issue best practices for states on how to design and implement such health homes.
