H-1043

   Amend Senate File 75, as amended, passed, and reprinted by the Senate, as follows:
   1.  Page 10, after line 14 by inserting: 
   <Sec. ___.  MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT FOR RURAL EMERGENCY HOSPITAL SERVICES.  The department of health and human services shall establish Medicaid reimbursement rates for rural emergency hospital services furnished by a rural emergency hospital to a Medicaid recipient at the same amount that would otherwise apply for outpatient department services furnished by a critical access hospital, or at the applicable Medicaid program upper payment limit for outpatient department services furnished by a non-state-owned hospital subject to the prospective payment system, whichever is higher.>
   2.  By renumbering as necessary.

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FORBES of Polk