SB340 Summary

• Establishes a provider fee on developmental day treatment clinic services administered by the Division of Medical Services within the Department of Human Services

• Requires the fee assessment rate not exceed the maximum allowed under federal law without reducing federal financial participation, with authority to lower rates if federal limits are exceeded

• Mandates provider fee payments be reported as allowable costs for Medicaid reimbursement, but providers receive no guarantee that additional Medicaid payments will equal or exceed their fee amounts

• Creates the Developmental Day Treatment Clinic Services Provider Fee Fund as a special revenue fund to receive all collected fees for support of services to persons with developmental disabilities, with funds exempt from general budget cuts

• Grants the Division of Medical Services authority to adopt rules and forms for fee collection, enforcement, and administration, with no exceptions permitted to the provider fee