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Died SENATE · SESSION 2026

No. SB 40

Medicaid Providers
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Sharief
FILED BY
Barbara Sharief — District 35, Democrat [search donations]
EFFECTIVE
7/1/2026
DIED IN
Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services

Filed under Healthcare.

PROVIDED SUMMARY

Medicaid Providers; Requiring the Agency for Health Care Administration to include specified requirements in its contracts with Medicaid managed care plans; defining the term “outside of regular business hours”, etc.

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Plain English Summary

AI-GENERATED
Requires half of Medicaid primary care providers to offer after-hours slots.

The state agency must set standards guaranteeing Medicaid enrollees can reach network providers on state holidays and outside normal business hours, defined as weeknights after 5 p.m., before 8 a.m., and all weekend.

At least half of the primary care providers in each Medicaid managed care plan's network must offer enrollees appointments during those after-hours windows, not just during the standard workday.

Every other requirement in this list -- the provider database, quarterly enrollment reports, drug formulary postings, electronic prior authorization, and foster-child recordkeeping -- already existed and is only being renumbered here.

KEY PROVISIONS
§ 1 At least half of network primary care providers must offer after-hours appointments majors. 409.967(2)(c)

AIAt least 50 percent of the primary care providers in a Medicaid plan's provider network must offer Medicaid enrollees appointment availability outside of regular business hours, defined as weeknights from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. and all day Saturday and Sunday.

“At least 50 percent of primary care providers participating in a plan provider network must offer appointment availability to Medicaid enrollees” bill text, line 31 →
§ 2 Agency must set holiday and after-hours access standards moderates. 409.967(2)(c)

AIThe Agency for Health Care Administration must establish specific standards ensuring Medicaid enrollees can reach network providers on state holidays and outside of regular business hours, though the bill sets no deadline for when those standards must be adopted.

“The agency shall establish specific standards to ensure enrollees have access to network providers during state holidays and outside of regular business hours” bill text, line 29 →
TIMELINE
3/13/2026
Died in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
1/13/2026
Introduced
11/18/2025
Now in Appropriations Committee on Health and Human Services
11/18/2025
Favorable by Health Policy; YEAS 8 NAYS 0
11/10/2025
On Committee agenda-- Health Policy, 11/18/25, 10:00 am, 412 Knott Building
10/6/2025
Referred to Health Policy; Appropriations Committee on Health and...
9/8/2025
Filed
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STATUTES IT CHANGES
s. 409.967
+91 / −7
STAFF ANALYSES