House Journal: Page 1591: Tuesday, April 18, 2000
31 The cost of living adjustment for rehabilitative
32 treatment and support services providers shall be
33 applied to each individual provider's state audited
34 rate.
35 d. To provide a cost-of-living adjustment for the
36 fiscal year July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, of 5
37 percent to adoption, independent living, shelter care,
38 and home studies services providers:
39 ...........................................………………………………... $ 500,000
40 The cost-of-living adjustment for licensed or
41 approved shelter care providers shall be applied to
42 each individual licensed or approved shelter care
43 provider's state audited rate. On or before August 1,
44 2000, the department shall recalculate the statewide
45 average cost of shelter care to include the total
46 amount of the individual providers' cost-of-living
47 adjustments. The cost-of-living adjustment percentage
48 specified in this lettered paragraph shall be applied
49 directly to the state's audited shelter care per diem
50 reimbursement rate.
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1 e. To increase the reimbursement rate for the
2 fiscal year July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, for
3 hospitals under the medical assistance program by 3
4 percent over the reimbursement rate in effect on June
5 30, 2000:
6 ....……………………………............................................ $ 2,300,000
7 f. To increase the reimbursement rate for the
8 fiscal year July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, for
9 home health care services under the medical assistance
10 program to the rate provided for such services under
11 the federal Medicare program:
12 ..........................................…………………………........ $ 2,400,000
13 g. To increase the reimbursement rate for the
14 fiscal year July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, for
15 critical access hospitals under the medical assistance
16 program to the rate provided for such hospitals under
17 the federal Medicare program:
18 ...........................................…………………………...... $ 250,000
19 h. To provide for expansion of home health care
20 services and habilitative day care under the medical
21 assistance program for children with special needs:
22 .....................................…………………………............ $ 4,400,000
23 i. To provide for expansion of respite care
24 services provided through home and community-based
25 waivers under the medical assistance program:
26 .............................................………………………….... $ 1,200,000
27 j. To increase the reimbursement rate for the
28 fiscal year July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001, to
29 service providers under the purview of the department
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