House Bill 5063 Summary

• Appropriates $16,625,400 total for fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, consisting of $13,904,800 in general fund revenue and $2,720,600 in federal revenues.

• Allocates $16,625,400 to the Department of Health and Human Services for hospital services and therapy, specifically for rural access payments to noncritical access hospitals.

• Directs that $13,904,800 in general fund revenue and associated federal match be distributed as rural access payments to hospitals serving low-income rural residents, with labor and delivery services as a reimbursement component.

• Restricts any single hospital or hospital system from receiving more than 10.0% of total rural access funding under this appropriation.

• Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to provide hospitals with the distribution methodology and applicable data by August 1 of the fiscal year and publish payment distributions for current and prior fiscal years.