BILL · 2021–22 SESSION

HB 1275: Nursing facilities/medicaid

Concerning nursing facility medicaid rate rebasing, inflation, and case mix.

Summary

Requires that the direct and indirect care components of the Medicaid nursing facility rate be rebased annually, beginning in fiscal year 2022.
Requires that nursing homes' calendar year costs be adjusted annually for inflation by the most recent 24-month consumer price index for all urban consumers, as published by the Federal United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Provides the Department of Social and Health Services with flexibility to determine how case mix, which represents the mix of resident needs within a nursing facility, is used to set the direct care component of the Medicaid nursing facility rate.

From the House Bill Analysis 2021 (HB 1275), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to nursing facility medicaid rate rebasing, inflation, and case mix;

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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