House File 688 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  ALONS


    Passed House,  Date               Passed Senate, Date             
    Vote:  Ayes        Nays           Vote:  Ayes        Nays         
                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to the application of penalties relative to the
  2    submission of cost reports by certain medical assistance
  3    program providers, providing an effective date, and providing
  4    for retroactive applicability.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  6 TLSB 2158YH 83
  7 pf/nh/5

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  1  1    Section 1.  OVERDUE SUBMISSION OF COST REPORTS ==
  1  2 PROPORTIONATE APPLICATION OF PENALTY.  The department of human
  1  3 services shall adopt rules to apply the penalty for overdue
  1  4 submission of required cost reports by facility=based medical
  1  5 assistance providers so that the total amount of the penalty
  1  6 is applied proportionately to the number of days submission is
  1  7 overdue.
  1  8    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE DATE == RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This
  1  9 Act, being deemed of immediate importance, takes effect upon
  1 10 enactment and is retroactively applicable to October 1, 2008.
  1 11                           EXPLANATION
  1 12    This bill directs the department of human services to adopt
  1 13 rules that apply the penalty for overdue submission of cost
  1 14 reports by facility=based Medicaid providers so that the total
  1 15 amount of the penalty is applied proportionately to the number
  1 16 of days the report is overdue.  The bill takes effect upon
  1 17 enactment and is retroactively applicable to October 1, 2008.
  1 18 LSB 2158YH 83
  1 19 pf/nh/5