SF 2331 (LSB 6224SV (1) 89)

SENATE FILE 2331

BY  COMMITTEE ON HUMAN RESOURCES

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3144)

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to reimbursement of psychiatric intensive inpatient care under the Medicaid program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  PSYCHIATRIC INTENSIVE INPATIENT CARE REIMBURSEMENT —— MEDICAID.  No later than January 1, 2023, the department of human services shall implement a tiered rate reimbursement methodology for psychiatric intensive inpatient care under the Medicaid program based on the level of patient acuity and other factors as recommended in the inpatient bed tracking study committee report submitted to the governor and the general assembly on December 1, 2021, and contingent upon a provider’s compliance with the state’s real-time inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill requires the department of human services, no later than January 1, 2023, to implement a tiered rate reimbursement methodology for psychiatric intensive inpatient care under the Medicaid program based on the level of patient acuity and other factors as recommended in the inpatient bed tracking study committee report submitted to the governor and the general assembly on December 1, 2021, and contingent upon a provider’s compliance with the state’s real-time inpatient psychiatric bed tracking system.