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GA SB483
Bill
Status
Engrossed
3/10/2020
Primary Sponsor
Matt Brass
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AI Summary
- Creates a "behavioral rehabilitation joint venture" allowing a public or private acute care hospital with vacant beds to partner with an institution for mental diseases to manage up to 16 of the hospital's vacant beds as behavioral rehabilitation swing beds for treating patients
- Requires the Department of Community Health to provide Medicaid reimbursement at 100 percent of cost for Medicaid patients treated by a behavioral rehabilitation joint venture in its second year of operation
- Exempts contributions received by a behavioral rehabilitation joint venture from the $4 million individual rural hospital cap and the $60 million overall aggregate cap on rural tax credits under Code Section 48-7-29.20
- Establishes a pilot program in up to three counties identified by the department, with the goal of increasing behavioral health providers for indigent and Medicaid patients in rural areas; a report evaluating effectiveness and statewide expansion is due to legislative committees by December 31, 2025
- Takes effect January 1, 2021, and automatically repeals on December 31, 2025
Legislative Description
"Behavioral Rehabilitation and Stability Services Act"; certain Medicaid reimbursement; enact
Last Action
House Withdrawn, Recommitted
6/25/2020
Full Bill Text
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