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S.B. 1220 Medicaid & CHIP Border Rates & Expenditures Advisory Committee
The Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Border Rates and Expenditures Advisory Committee advises HHSC on regarding eliminating the disparities between the Texas-Mexico border region and other areas of the state in:
Medicaid and CHIP capitation rates for services provided to individuals under age 19.
Medicaid and CHIP fee-for-service per capita expenditures for inpatient and outpatient hospital services provided to individuals under age 19.
Total professional services expenditures per Medicaid and CHIP enrollee under age 19.
Committee Requirements
The committee must periodically analyze and compare the rates and expenditures in the Texas-Mexico border region and in other areas of the state and produce a report of its findings. The report must include recommendations to HHSC for addressing the problems created by disparities documented in the report, including recommendations for alloca
Director, Fiscal Program Coordination and Special Projects, April Ferrino
April Ferrino is the director of Fiscal Program Coordination and Special Projects in the Chief Financial Officer division of the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. She is responsible for the development and oversight of Medicaid supplemental and directed payment programs.
Ferrino has more than 20 years of Texas government experience. Before joining HHSC, she was an analyst at the Legislative Budget Board, managing multiple research projects that resulted in the implementation of budget and policy recommendations. She has also worked for the HHS Office of Inspector General.
Additionally, Ferrino studied social welfare systems in Europe and Croatia and was one of three Americans chosen in 2013 for the prestigious Ian Axford Fellowships in Public Policy in New Zealand. While in New Zealand, she conducted a nine-month independent research project that identified recommendations to the Ministry of Health