Text: S05334 Text: S05336 Text: S05300 - S05399 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
PAG LIN 1 1 Amend Senate File 2326 as follows: 1 2 #1. Page 129, by inserting after line 29, the 1 3 following: 1 4 "aa. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, 1 5 the department shall reduce reimbursement for nursing 1 6 facility bed-hold based on an analysis of nursing 1 7 facility cost, occupancy, and utilization." 1 8 #2. Page 130, by inserting after line 32, the 1 9 following: 1 10 "cc. For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2002, 1 11 reimbursement for hospital crossover payments shall be 1 12 the lesser of the following: 1 13 (1) The medical assistance program allowed cost 1 14 amount minus the federal Medicare payment amount. 1 15 (2) The federal Medicare coinsurance and 1 16 deductible amounts." 1 17 #3. Page 136, by inserting after line 6, the 1 18 following: 1 19 "Sec. . NEW SECTION. 249A.20B NURSING 1 20 FACILITY CROSSOVER PAYMENTS. 1 21 Beginning July 1, 2002, reimbursement under the 1 22 medical assistance program for nursing facility 1 23 crossover payments shall be the lesser of the 1 24 following: 1 25 1. The cost amount allowed under the medical 1 26 assistance program minus the federal Medicare payment. 1 27 2. The federal Medicare coinsurance and deductible 1 28 amounts. 1 29 Sec. . NEW SECTION. 249A.21 INTERMEDIATE CARE 1 30 FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL RETARDATION 1 31 ASSESSMENT. 1 32 1. The department may assess intermediate care 1 33 facilities for persons with mental retardation, as 1 34 defined in section 135C.1, that are not operated by 1 35 the state, a fee in an amount not to exceed six 1 36 percent of the total annual revenue of the facility 1 37 for the preceding fiscal year. 1 38 2. The assessment shall be paid to the department 1 39 in equal monthly amounts on or before the fifteenth 1 40 day of each month. The department may deduct the 1 41 monthly amount from medical assistance payments to a 1 42 facility described in subsection 1. The amount 1 43 deducted from payments shall not exceed the total 1 44 amount of the assessments due. 1 45 3. Revenue from the assessments shall be credited 1 46 to the state medical assistance appropriation. This 1 47 revenue may be used only for services for which 1 48 federal financial participation under the medical 1 49 assistance program is available to match state funds. 1 50 4. If federal financial participation to match the 2 1 assessments made under subsection 1 becomes 2 2 unavailable under federal law, the department shall 2 3 terminate the imposing of the assessments beginning on 2 4 the date that the federal statutory, regulatory, or 2 5 interpretive change takes effect. 2 6 5. The department of human services may procure a 2 7 sole source contract to implement the provisions of 2 8 this section." 2 9 #4. Page 142, by inserting after line 20, the 2 10 following: 2 11 "___. The section in this division of this Act 2 12 relating to the assessment on intermediate care 2 13 facilities for persons with mental retardation." 2 14 #5. By renumbering as necessary. 2 15 2 16 2 17 2 18 JOHNIE HAMMOND 2 19 SF 2326.706 79 2 20 pf/cls
Text: S05334 Text: S05336 Text: S05300 - S05399 Text: S Index Bills and Amendments: General Index Bill History: General Index
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