HB187 Summary

• Applies only to Class 2 municipalities and allows federal PACE program providers with principal business locations in Class 2 municipalities to contribute to the Alabama Health Care Trust Fund.

• Imposes a 5 percent privilege assessment on net patient revenues of PACE providers, collected monthly by the State Department of Revenue and deposited into the Alabama Health Care Trust Fund for Medicaid Agency use.

• PACE providers must be licensed by the Department of Public Health and maintain records for at least three years, with information shared confidentially with the Medicaid Agency as needed.

• Requires PACE providers to pay assessments by the 20th day of the following month; failure to pay results in 10 percent penalty plus interest, with potential Medicaid reimbursement withholding for delinquent amounts.

• Assessment becomes effective October 1, 2014, and is void if federal Medicaid funding participation is unavailable or if a contract between the PACE program and Alabama Medicaid Agency is not executed by September 30, 2014.