Text: HF02486 Text: HF02488 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 HOUSE FILE 2487 1 2 1 3 AN ACT 1 4 RELATING TO THE DESIGNATION OF SPECIFIC CHILDREN'S HOSPITALS AS 1 5 QUALIFIED HOSPITALS UNDER THE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE DISPROPOR- 1 6 TIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL PAYMENT PROGRAM. 1 7 1 8 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 1 9 1 10 Section 1. DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE PAYMENTS CHILDREN'S 1 11 HOSPITALS. The department of human services shall designate a 1 12 children's hospital that meets the criteria for a voting 1 13 member of the national association of children's hospitals and 1 14 related institutions and that operates as part of a licensed 1 15 hospital, as a qualifying hospital for the purpose of receipt 1 16 of disproportionate share hospital payments for inpatient 1 17 services under the medical assistance program. Such a 1 18 children's hospital shall be eligible for receipt of 1 19 disproportionate share hospital funds, whether or not the 1 20 children's hospital has a separate federal Medicare provider 1 21 number. The department of human services shall adopt rules 1 22 and shall seek an amendment from the centers for Medicare and 1 23 Medicaid of the United States department of health and human 1 24 services, as necessary to implement this Act. 1 25 1 26 1 27 1 28 BRENT SIEGRIST 1 29 Speaker of the House 1 30 1 31 1 32 1 33 MARY E. KRAMER 1 34 President of the Senate 1 35 2 1 I hereby certify that this bill originated in the House and 2 2 is known as House File 2487, Seventy-ninth General Assembly. 2 3 2 4 2 5 2 6 MARGARET THOMSON 2 7 Chief Clerk of the House 2 8 Approved , 2002 2 9 2 10 2 11 2 12 THOMAS J. VILSACK 2 13 Governor
Text: HF02486 Text: HF02488 Text: HF02400 - HF02499 Text: HF Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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