BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

SB 5836: Nursing home rates/inflation

Concerning inflation adjustments in nursing home payment rate setting.

Summary

Changes the rate rebase of the direct care and indirect care components of the nursing home payment methodology from even-numbered calendar years to annually, beginning on July 1, 2019.
Requires the base year cost report be adjusted for inflation for the 24-month period between the midpoint of the base year cost report and the beginning of the rate year.
Requires direct care and indirect care components be adjusted separately for inflation based on the annual rate of inflation determined by the Consumer Price Index For All Urban Consumers published by the U.S. Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to inflation adjustments in nursing home payment rate setting;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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SB 5836 (2023–24) Clark county superior court · Enacted · Chapter 125, Laws of 2024
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SB 5836 (2017–18) Equal pay act enforcement · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5836 (2015–16) Drug offenses/seriousness · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5836 (2013–14) Water resource decisions · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5836 (2011–12) Public transp. facilities · Enacted · Chapter 379, Laws of 2011
SB 5836 (2009–10) Infrastructure materials · Did not pass · died in committee