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CA AB468

Bill

Status

Engrossed

1/29/2014

Primary Sponsor

Rocky Chavez

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Origin

State Assembly

2013-2014 Session

AI Summary

  • Requires nondesignated public hospitals to report and certify Medicare cost reports, Medi-Cal service costs, uninsured care costs, and uncompensated costs beginning with the 2012-13 fiscal year and each year thereafter.

  • Exempts nondesignated public hospitals from the 20% assessment fee on intergovernmental transfers (IGTs) made to support risk-based managed care payments.

  • Requires the department to pay rate range increases to Medi-Cal managed care plans contracting under specified sections, which must pass through additional payments to nondesignated public hospitals to equal fee-for-service reimbursement amounts.

  • Allows affiliated governmental entities to voluntarily provide intergovernmental transfers as the nonfederal share to fund rate range increases for nondesignated public hospitals through managed care plans.

  • Removes provisions requiring nondesignated public hospitals to receive delivery system reform incentive pool payments beginning in the 2014-15 fiscal year and eliminates the urgency statute designation.

Legislative Description

Medi-Cal: nondesignated public hospitals.

Last Action

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

8/4/2014

Committee Referrals

Rules8/4/2014
Appropriations6/26/2014
Health6/18/2014
Rules6/17/2014
Natural Resources and Water2/6/2014
Rules1/29/2014
Appropriations1/13/2014
Natural Resources3/11/2013

Full Bill Text

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