SB90 Summary

• Appropriates $26,734,182 for Department of Human Services - Division of Medical Services operations for fiscal year 2012-2013, including $16,914,610 for regular salaries and $5,123,501 for personal services matching

• Appropriates $5,256,701,322 for medical services grants including private nursing home care ($670,810,091), hospital and medical services ($3,818,425,306), prescription drugs ($385,275,742), and ARKIDS B program ($118,873,417)

• Establishes maximum of 333 regular employees and authorizes 7 temporary/part-time employees for the division

• Appropriates $50,000 from Long-Term Care Trust Fund for nursing home closure costs and $100,000 from Long-Term Care Facility Receivership Fund Account for facility receiver expenses

• Enacts special language provisions regarding Medicaid rate methodology, pharmaceutical dispensing fee surveys, personal care providers, and legislative review of rules impacting Medicaid costs; effective July 1, 2012