House Amendment 1270


PAG LIN




     1  1    Amend the amendment, H=1116, to House File 555, as
     1  2 follows:
     1  3 #1.  Page 1, by inserting after line 3, the
     1  4 following:
     1  5    <Sec.    .  NEW SECTION.  249A.19A  HOSPITAL
     1  6 REIMBURSEMENT.
     1  7    Beginning July 1, 2007, the department shall
     1  8 reimburse hospitals as defined in section 135B.1 for
     1  9 provision of services under the medical assistance
     1 10 program at the reimbursement level allowed under the
     1 11 Medicare program, subject to the medical assistance
     1 12 program upper payment limit.  The reimbursement level
     1 13 shall be adjusted annually, on July 1, in accordance
     1 14 with the requirements of this section and shall
     1 15 provide for reimbursement that is not less than the
     1 16 reimbursement provided under the Medicare program,
     1 17 subject to the medical assistance program upper
     1 18 payment limit.>
     1 19 #2.  Page 5, by inserting after line 27, the
     1 20 following:
     1 21    <Sec.    .  HOSPITAL AND NONINSTITUTIONAL MEDICAL
     1 22 ASSISTANCE PROVIDER REIMBURSEMENT == APPROPRIATION.
     1 23 There is appropriated from the health care trust fund
     1 24 created in section 453A.35A, to the department of
     1 25 human services for the fiscal year beginning July 1,
     1 26 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, the following amount
     1 27 or so much thereof as is necessary, for the purposes
     1 28 designated:
     1 29    For reimbursement of hospitals pursuant to section
     1 30 249A.19A and noninstitutional health providers
     1 31 pursuant to section 249A.20 in a manner that provides
     1 32 for reimbursement at the level allowed under the
     1 33 Medicare program, subject to the medical assistance
     1 34 program upper payment limit:
     1 35 .................................................. $ 21,838,959>
     1 36 #3.  Page 5, line 41, by inserting after the word
     1 37 <appropriation,> the following:  <providing an
     1 38 appropriation for certain medical assistance
     1 39 providers,>.
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     1 43 UPMEYER of Hancock
     1 44 HF 555.708 82
     1 45 pf/gg/7985
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