BILL · 2001–02 SESSION
HB 2457: Nursing facility payment
Changing rates in the nursing facility medicaid payment system.
Summary
- $ Modifies nursing home rate setting by reducing support services and operations lids to 80 percent of the current medians; eliminating the variable return rate component; and increasing minimum occupancy requirements from 85 percent to 90 percent for the direct care, therapy care, and support services rate components.
- $ Makes numerous capital rate component changes.
- $ Authorizes the Department of Social and Health Services to adopt rules to equalize therapy care rates between facilities.
- $ Increases the retention of settlement cost savings.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedJan 17, 2002
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Helen Sommers (D-36)
- Introduced
- January 17, 2002 in the House
- Last action
- January 17, 2002
- Requested by
- State agency
- Companion bill
- SB 6545
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
AN ACT Relating to the nursing facility medicaid payment system;
Sponsors
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
- First reading, referred to Appropriations.
HB 2457 in other sessions
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