House File 621 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 621 BY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (SUCCESSOR TO HF 20) A BILL FOR An Act relating to reimbursement rates for state-licensed 1 providers of certain substance use disorder treatment 2 services. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 1494HV (1) 90 pf/rh
H.F. 621 Section 1. SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER TREATMENT SERVICES 1 PROVIDERS —— REIMBURSEMENT RATES. The department of health and 2 human services shall establish a rate structure for Medicaid 3 1915(b)(3) waiver reimbursement, applicable under Medicaid 4 managed care organization administration, for substance 5 use disorder residential and intensive outpatient treatment 6 services providers that are licensed by the state to deliver 7 Medicaid 1915(b)(3) services. The department shall establish 8 time frames for release of the rate structure to providers 9 and the deadline for submission of the completed projected 10 cost reports by providers to the department in order to allow 11 sufficient time for review and the making of recommended 12 adjustments to the Medicaid 1915(b)(3) waiver reimbursement 13 rates for Medicaid providers. The department of health and 14 human services shall establish a plan for regular review of 15 reimbursement rates for providers of substance use disorder 16 treatment services and shall provide information to the 17 governor and the general assembly in a timely manner to allow 18 for the provision of appropriate funding for any change in 19 reimbursement rates. 20 EXPLANATION 21 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 22 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 23 This bill directs the department of health and human 24 services (the department) to establish Medicaid 1915(b)(3) 25 waiver reimbursement rates, applicable to providers under 26 Medicaid managed care administration, for substance use 27 disorder residential and intensive outpatient treatment 28 services providers that are licensed by the state to deliver 29 1915(b)(3) services. The department shall establish time 30 frames for release of the rate structure to providers and 31 the deadline for submission of the completed projected cost 32 reports by providers to the departments, to allow sufficient 33 time for review and the making of recommended adjustments to 34 the reimbursement rates. The department shall establish a plan 35 -1- LSB 1494HV (1) 90 pf/rh 1/ 2
H.F. 621 for regular review of reimbursement rates for these providers 1 and shall provide information to the governor and the general 2 assembly in a timely manner to allow for the provision of 3 appropriate funding for any change in reimbursement rates. 4 -2- LSB 1494HV (1) 90 pf/rh 2/ 2