House File 2494 H-8182 Amend House File 2494 as follows: 1 1. Page 1, line 15, after < Act. > by inserting < Specifically, 2 the department shall amend 441 IAC 81.6(16)(h)(3)(1) to provide 3 that with regard to the additional requirements a nursing 4 facility must meet, the facility has Medicaid utilization at 5 or above forty percent for the two-month period before the 6 request for additional reimbursement is submitted. Medicaid 7 utilization for this purpose is calculated as total nursing 8 facility Medicaid patient days divided by total in-house 9 patient days as reported on the facility’s most current 10 financial and statistical report. > 11 ______________________________ BRADLEY of Jones -1- HF 2494.3797 (2) 89 pf/rh 1/ 1 #1.