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OH HB579

Bill

Status

Introduced

9/7/2010

Primary Sponsor

Barbara Boyd

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Origin

House of Representatives

128th General Assembly (2009-2010)

AI Summary

  • Amends the franchise permit fee calculation for nursing homes and hospital long-term care units by removing the complex multi-step formula and replacing it with a flat rate of six dollars and twenty-five cents.

  • Changes the timeline for determining and notifying nursing homes and hospitals of their franchise permit fees from September/October to August/September of each year.

  • Revises fiscal year 2011 Medicaid reimbursement rates for nursing facilities by applying sequential increases (2%, 2%, and 1%) to various cost components and establishing a consolidated services rate of three dollars and ninety-one cents per Medicaid day.

  • Caps fiscal year 2011 nursing facility rate increases at 102.25% of fiscal year 2010 partial rates and establishes a 99% floor to prevent excessive rate reductions.

  • Repeals the cap on intermediate care facility for the mentally retarded (ICF/MR) payments for fiscal year 2011, requiring full monthly payments according to standard Medicaid rate-setting formulas.

Legislative Description

, to amend Section 309.30.25 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly, as subsequently amended, and to repeal Section 309.30.70 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly to revise the law governing the nursing home and hospital long-term care unit franchise permit fee and to revise the law governing fiscal year 2011 Medicaid payments to nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded.

Nursing home/hospital long-term care unit fees/2011 Medicaid payments laws

Last Action

To Health

9/7/2010

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