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ND HB1458

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

1/19/2015

Primary Sponsor

Jon Nelson

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Origin

House of Representatives

64th Legislative Assembly

AI Summary

  • The department of human services shall establish and administer a grant program to assist hospitals with offsetting bad debt.
  • Hospitals seeking grants must file an application with the department including a finalized cost report for the prior fiscal year.
  • The department shall implement a formula considering any bad debt exceeding 2.7 percent of a hospital's gross revenue from inpatient, outpatient, and clinic revenues.
  • Grant amounts may not result in a hospital earning a profit.
  • Appropriates $20,000,000 from the general fund for bad debt offset grants to hospitals for the biennium beginning July 1, 2015, and ending June 30, 2017.

Legislative Description

Hospital bad debt offset grants; and to provide an appropriation.

Last Action

Second reading, failed to pass, yeas 36 nays 54

2/10/2015

Committee Referrals

Health and Human Services1/19/2015

Full Bill Text

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