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Sen. Karina Villa
Filed: 4/22/2024
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| 1 | | AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 3522
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| 2 | | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 3522 on page 2, by |
| 3 | | replacing lines 3 through 12 with the following: |
| 4 | | "(a) Beginning with dates of service on and after January |
| 5 | | 1, 2025, add-on rates for the services delivered by physicians |
| 6 | | who are board certified in psychiatry and advanced practice |
| 7 | | registered nurses who hold a current certification in |
| 8 | | psychiatric and mental health nursing shall be increased so |
| 9 | | that the sum of the Department's base per service unit rate |
| 10 | | plus the rate add-on is no less than $264.42 per hour adjusted |
| 11 | | for time and intensity as determined by the work relative |
| 12 | | value units in the 2024 national Medicare physician fee |
| 13 | | schedule indexed to 60 minutes of individual psychotherapy - |
| 14 | | procedure code 90837. The Department is not required to make |
| 15 | | any adjustment to the fee schedule for licensed practitioners |
| 16 | | of the healing arts. |
| 17 | | As a result of the rate increases required under this |