Senate Study Bill 1362
SENATE FILE
BY (PROPOSED COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS BILL BY
CHAIRPERSON DVORSKY)
Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date
Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays
Approved
A BILL FOR
1 An Act relating to increases in the reimbursement rates or
2 amounts for certain providers under the purview of the
3 department of human services or the department of public
4 health, and providing appropriations.
5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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1 1 Section 1. DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES == PROVIDER
1 2 REIMBURSEMENTS. There is appropriated from the general fund
1 3 of the state to the department of human services for the
1 4 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
1 5 the following amount, or so much thereof as is necessary, to
1 6 be used for the purpose designated:
1 7 For funding of increased reimbursement to service providers
1 8 in accordance with this section:
1 9 .................................................. $ 6,630,443
1 10 Notwithstanding any provision of 2007 Iowa Acts, House File
1 11 909, if enacted, to the contrary, the appropriation made in
1 12 this section shall be used to provide reimbursement for the
1 13 fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008,
1 14 in an amount that is 1 percent over the reimbursement rate or
1 15 amount in effect on June 30, 2007, to the following providers
1 16 and for the following services reimbursed by the department of
1 17 human services:
1 18 Inpatient and outpatient hospital services;
1 19 disproportionate share hospitals, indirect medical education
1 20 and direct medical education; home health services; physician
1 21 services; psychiatric services; family planning services;
1 22 early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment;
1 23 anesthesia services; dental services; optometric services;
1 24 supplies; ambulance services; practitioner services; podiatric
1 25 services; chiropractic services; clinic services; community
1 26 mental health centers; home and community=based waiver
1 27 services; the Iowa plan for behavioral health; health
1 28 maintenance organizations; nursing facilities; case management
1 29 services; rehabilitative treatment services; adult
1 30 rehabilitative option services; and pharmacy dispensing fees.
1 31 Sec. 2. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH == SUBSTANCE ABUSE
1 32 PROGRAMS REIMBURSEMENT. There is appropriated from the
1 33 general fund of the state to the department of public health
1 34 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June
1 35 30, 2008, the following amount, or so much thereof as is
2 1 necessary, to be used for the purpose designated:
2 2 For funding of increased reimbursement to substance abuse
2 3 programs in accordance with this section:
2 4 .................................................. $ 152,234
2 5 The appropriation made in this section shall be used to
2 6 provide reimbursement for the fiscal period beginning July 1,
2 7 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, in an amount that is 1 percent
2 8 over the reimbursement rate or amount that is in effect on
2 9 June 30, 2007, to substance abuse programs under the purview
2 10 of the department of public health.
2 11
2 12 EXPLANATION
2 13 This bill provides that, notwithstanding other provisions
2 14 to the contrary in 2007 Iowa Acts, House File 909, relating to
2 15 reimbursement of certain providers under the purview of the
2 16 department of human services, for the fiscal year beginning
2 17 July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, providers specified in
2 18 the bill are to receive reimbursement in an amount that is 1
2 19 percent over the reimbursement rate or amount in effect on
2 20 June 30, 2007.
2 21 Additionally, the bill provides that for the fiscal period
2 22 beginning July 1, 2007, and ending June 30, 2008, substance
2 23 abuse programs under the purview of the department of public
2 24 health are to receive reimbursement in an amount that is 1
2 25 percent over the reimbursement rate or amount in effect on
2 26 June 30, 2002.
2 27 The bill also provides corresponding appropriations for the
2 28 provider increases.
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