House
File
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2546
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
APPROPRIATIONS
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2125)
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HSB
530)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
reimbursement
of
psychiatric
intensive
1
inpatient
care
under
the
Medicaid
program.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
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Section
1.
PSYCHIATRIC
INTENSIVE
INPATIENT
CARE
1
REIMBURSEMENT
——
MEDICAID.
No
later
than
January
1,
2023,
the
2
department
of
human
services
shall
implement
a
tiered
rate
3
reimbursement
methodology
for
psychiatric
intensive
inpatient
4
care
under
the
Medicaid
program
based
on
the
level
of
patient
5
acuity
and
other
factors
as
recommended
in
the
inpatient
bed
6
tracking
study
committee
report
submitted
to
the
governor
and
7
the
general
assembly
on
December
1,
2021.
8
EXPLANATION
9
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
10
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
11
This
bill
requires
the
department
of
human
services,
12
no
later
than
January
1,
2023,
to
implement
a
tiered
rate
13
reimbursement
methodology
for
psychiatric
intensive
inpatient
14
care
under
the
Medicaid
program
based
on
the
level
of
patient
15
acuity
and
other
factors
as
recommended
in
the
inpatient
bed
16
tracking
study
committee
report
submitted
to
the
governor
and
17
the
general
assembly
on
December
1,
2021.
18
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