Health Care Availability and Access Committee
Adopted in House Comm. on Feb 14, 2006
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5000




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5000 on page 4, 
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between lines 13 and 14, by inserting the following:
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""Medicaid Inpatient Utilization Rate" means the Medicaid 
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Inpatient Utilization Rate used by the Department of Healthcare 
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and Family Services for reviewing Disproportionate Share 
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status and other purposes for the rate year 2006, hospital year 
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2003."; and
 

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on page 4, between lines 34 and 35, by inserting the following:

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    ""Safety net hospital" means a freestanding hospital, 
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unaffiliated with a health system, that has a Medicaid 
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Inpatient Utilization Rate of 35% or greater."; and
 
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on page 14, by replacing line 4 with the following:
 
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    "Section 35. Exemption for critical access hospitals.
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    (a) Each"; and
 
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on page 14, after line 8, by inserting the following:
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    "(b) Each hospital designated as a safety net hospital as 
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defined in Section 10 of this Act is exempt from the charity 
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care requirements set forth in Sections 15, 20, 25, and 30 of 
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this Act.
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    (c) The Attorney General shall develop a process by rule 
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for exempting for a period of one year any tax-exempt hospital 
 


 






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from the charity care requirements set forth in Sections 15, 
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20, 25, and 30 of this Act, if the hospital can demonstrate 
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that compliance with those Sections will jeopardize the 
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continued operation of the hospital. There is no limit on the 
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number of times a hospital can secure this exemption."; and
 
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on page 17, line 34, after the period, by inserting the 
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following:
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"To the extent that, at the end of any State fiscal year, 
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monies in the Fund exceed the amount appropriated during that 
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fiscal year to the Attorney General for enforcement of this 
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Act, all remaining Fund monies, minus the amount appropriated 
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for enforcement of this Act during the subsequent State fiscal 
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year, shall be used for a grant program, to be administered by 
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the Attorney General, for delivery of charity care to qualified 
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individuals. The Attorney General shall promulgate a rule 
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concerning implementation of this grant program.".