text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Medicaid Directory of Caregivers 
  Act'' or the ``Medicaid DOC Act''.
  
  SEC. 2. REQUIRING PUBLICATION OF FEE-FOR-SERVICE PROVIDER DIRECTORY.
  
      (a) In General.--Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
  U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (77) the 
  following new paragraph:
              ``(78) provide that, not later than 180 days after the date 
          of the enactment of this paragraph, 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 1915(b)(1) (other than a primary care case management 
          entity (as defined by the Secretary)), the State shall publish 
          (and update on at least an annual basis) on the public Website 
          of the State agency administering the State plan, a directory 
          of the providers (including, at a minimum, primary and 
          specialty care physicians) described in subsection (ll) that 
          includes--
                      ``(A) with respect to each such provider--
                              ``(i) the name of the provider;
                              ``(ii) the specialty of the provider;
                              ``(iii) the address of the provider; and
                              ``(iv) the telephone number of the 
                          provider; and
                      ``(B) with respect to any such provider 
                  participating in such a primary care case-management 
                  system, information regarding--
                              ``(i) whether the provider is accepting as 
                          new patients individuals who receive medical 
                          assistance under this title; and
                              ``(ii) the provider's cultural and 
                          linguistic capabilities, including the 
                          languages spoken by the provider or by the 
                          skilled medical interpreter providing 
                          interpretation services at the provider's 
                          office;''.
      (b) Directory Providers Described.--Section 1902 of the Social 
  Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a) is amended by adding at the end the 
  following new subsection:
      ``(ll) Directory Providers Described.--A provider described in this 
  subsection is--
              ``(1) in the case of a provider of a provider type for 
          which the State agency, as a condition on receiving payment for 
          items and services furnished by the provider to individuals 
          eligible to receive medical assistance under the State plan, 
          requires the enrollment of the provider with the State agency, 
          a provider that--
                      ``(A) is enrolled with the agency as of the date on 
                  which the directory is published or updated (as 
                  applicable) under subsection (a)(78); and
                      ``(B) received payment under the State plan in the 
                  12-month period preceding such date; and
              ``(2) in the case of a provider of a provider type for 
          which the State agency does not require such enrollment, a 
          provider that received payment under the State plan in the 12-
          month period preceding the date on which the directory is 
          published or updated (as applicable) under subsection 
          (a)(78).''.
      (c) Rule of Construction.--
              (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 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 (or under a waiver of such plan), other 
          than individuals described in paragraph (2), are enrolled with 
          a medicaid managed care organization (as defined in section 
          1903(m)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(m)(1)(A))), 
          including prepaid inpatient health plans and prepaid ambulatory 
          health plans (as defined by the Secretary of Health and Human 
          Services).
              (2) Individuals described.--An individual described in this 
          paragraph is an individual who is an Indian (as defined in 
          section 4 of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 
          1603)) or an Alaska Native.
      (d) Exception for State Legislation.--In the case of a State plan 
  under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.), 
  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 section, 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 section. 
  For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has 
  a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session shall be 
  considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.
target: Medicaid Directory of Caregivers Act or the Medicaid DOC Act This bill amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to require a state to publish and annually update a directory of providers that&nbsp;participate in the state plan for&nbsp;medical assistance on a fee-for-service basis or through a primary care case-management system.&nbsp;The directory must include each provider's name, specialty, address, and telephone number.&nbsp;In addition, with respect to a provider that participates in a primary care case-management system, the directory must specify: (1)&nbsp;the provider's language capabilities, and (2)&nbsp;whether the provider is accepting new Medicaid patients.
feat_title: Medicaid DOC Act