HOUSE FILE 2065

BY  KEARNS

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to maximizing hospital-specific disproportionate share hospital payments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES —— DIRECTIVE REGARDING DISPROPORTIONATE SHARE HOSPITAL PAYMENTS.  The department of human services shall recalculate the hospital-specific disproportionate share hospital limits for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, during the hospital rebasing and recalibration process, and shall utilize the federal disproportionate share hospital allotment for the state to the maximum extent possible to provide payments to recipient hospitals at the maximum hospital-specific limit level as determined by the recalculation. The department shall amend the medical assistance state plan as necessary to implement this directive.
EXPLANATION
   This bill directs the department of human services (DHS) to recalculate the hospital-specific disproportionate share hospital DHS limits for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2012, during the hospital rebasing and recalibration process, and to utilize the federal DHS allotment for the state to the maximum extent possible to provide payments to recipient hospitals at the maximum hospital-specific limit level as determined by the recalculation. The bill also directs DHS to amend the medical assistance state plan as necessary to implement the directive.