The Medical Assistance Program Oversight Council (MAPOC) biannual reports are submitted to the General Assembly as required under CGS 17b-28 subsec. The Medicaid Medical Assistance Program Oversight Council, previously called the Medicaid Managed Care Council, is a collaborative body established by the General Assembly in 1994 to initially advise the Department of Social Services (DSS) on the deve
lopment and implementation of Connecticut’s Medicaid Managed Care Program (HUSKY A). Legislation in 2011 revised 17b-28 to include Council oversight of the Medicaid HUSKY Health Program that encompasses all Medicaid enrollees’ health care. The statute charges the Council with monitoring and advising DSS on matters including, but not limited to, program planning and implementation of the new delivery system under the Administrative Service Organization (A*O), transitional issues from managed care to this model, eligibility standards, benefits, health care access and quality measures. The Council consists of legislators, consumers, advocates, health care providers, administrative service organization representatives and state agency/commission personnel as defined in statute. An updated membership list can be found at: https://www.cga.ct.gov/med/about-members.asp. The Council has several sub-committees to give attention to the wide facets of Medical Assistance. They include the Consumer Access, Care Management, Women’s Health, and Complex Care Committees. Sub-committees are comprised of members of MAPOC and ex-officio persons, whose knowledge and expertise provide advisement to the particular subject matter of Medical Assistance. In 2014 the standing subcommittee on Cost Savings was established, under CGS 17b-28 subsec. (h), to make annual recommendations to the Council on evidence-based best practices concerning Medicaid cost savings. Membership of this standing subcommittee is defined in Statute. Records of the Council and sub-committee meetings are kept on file in the Public Health Joint Standing Committee of the Connecticut General Assembly and are all available on the MAPOC website at www.cga.ct.gov/med/. Information about the Council, updates, additional documents and useful links can also be found on the webpage.