,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #chba  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,october #bc1 #bjae  
,mr4 ,collins of ,new ,york 7for himself
 and ,mr4 ,tonko7 introduced the        
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce 
,a ,,bill  ,to amend title ,,xix to     
require the publication of a provider   
directory in the case of ,states        
providing for medical assistance on a   
fee-for-service basis or through a      
primary care case-management system1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,medicaid
 ,directory of ,caregivers ,act or the  
,medicaid ,,doc ,act4  #b4 ,requiring   
publication of fee-for-service provider 
directory  7a7 ,in general ,section     
#aijb7;a7 of the ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;a7a77 is amended by
 inserting after paragraph 7#gg7 the    
following new paragraph3  7#gh7 provide 
that1 not later than #ahj days after the
 date of the enactment of this          

paragraph1 in the case of a ,state plan 
that provides medical assistance on a   
fee-for-service basis or through a      
primary care case-management system     
described in section #aiae7;b77#a7      
7other than a primary care case         
management entity 7as defined by the    
,secretary771 the ,state shall publish  
7and update on at least an annual basis7
 on the public ,website of the ,state   
agency administering the ,state plan1 a 
directory of the providers 7including1  
at a minimum1 primary and specialty care
 physicians7 that received payment under
 the ,state plan in the preceding       
#ab-month period that includes--  7,a7  
with respect to each such provider-- 7i7
 the name of the provider2  7ii7 the    
specialty of the provider2  7iii7 the   
address of the provider2 and  7iv7 the  
telephone number of the provider2 and   
7,b7 with respect to any such provider  
participating in such a primary care    
case-management system1 information     
regarding--  7i7 whether the provider is

 accepting as new patients individuals  
who receive medical assistance under    
this title2 and  7ii7 the provider's    
cultural and linguistic capabilities1   
including the languages spoken by the   
provider or by the skilled medical      
interpreter providing interpretation    
services at the provider's office4  4   
7b7 ,rule of construction  7#a7 ,in     
general ,the amendment made by          
subsection 7a7 shall not be construed to
 apply in the case of a ,state in which 
all the individuals enrolled in the     
,state plan under title ,,xix of the    
,social ,security ,act 7or under a      
waiver of such plan71 other than        
individuals described in paragraph 7#b71
 are enrolled with a medicaid managed   
care organization 7as defined in section
 #aijc7m77#a77;,a7 of such ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #acif;b7m77#a77;,a7771        
including prepaid inpatient health plans
 and prepaid ambulatory health plans 7as
 defined by the ,secretary74  7#b7      
,individuals described ,an individual   

described in this paragraph is an       
individual who is an ,indian 7as defined
 in section #d of the ,indian ,health   
,care ,improvement ,act 7#be ,u4,s4,c4  
#afjc77 or an ,alaska ,native4  7c7     
,exception for ,state legislation ,in   
the case of a ,state plan under title   
,,xix of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db
 ,u4,s4,c4 #acif et seq471 which the    
,secretary determines requires ,state   
legislation in order for the respective 
plan to meet one or more additional     
requirements imposed by amendments made 
by this section1 the respective plan    
shall not be regarded as failing to     
comply with the requirements of such    
title solely on the basis of its failure
 to meet such an additional requirement 
before the first day of the first       
calendar quarter beginning after the    
close of the first regular session of   
the ,state legislature that begins after
 the date of enactment of this section4 
,for purposes of the previous sentence1 
in the case of a ,state that has a      

#b-year legislative session1 each year  
of the session shall be considered to be
 a separate regular session of the      
,state legislature4