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2019 SESSION

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HB 1639 Medical Assistance Services, Department of; payment for certain services to hospice patients.

Introduced by: Christopher T. Head | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Department of Medical Assistance Services; payment for certain services to hospice patients. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement a process for direct payment of nursing facility or ICF/MR services for hospice patients receiving services in a nursing facility or ICF/MR, if such patient would be eligible for medical assistance for nursing facility or ICF/MR services had he not elected to receive hospice care. The bill provides that payments made to a nursing facility or ICF/MR shall be the full amount that would be paid to the nursing facility or ICF/MR, if the individual was not receiving hospice services, and shall not reflect any discount to such rates.

FULL TEXT

• 11/21/18  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100544D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/19/19  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1639ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 03/05/19  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)  pdf

HISTORY

• 11/21/18  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100544D
• 11/21/18  House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
• 01/11/19  House: Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources
• 01/29/19  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N)
• 01/30/19  House: Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N)
• 02/01/19  House: Read first time
• 02/04/19  House: Read second time and engrossed
• 02/05/19  House: Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/05/19  House: VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N)
• 02/06/19  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/06/19  Senate: Referred to Committee on Finance
• 02/12/19  Senate: Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N)
• 02/13/19  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N)
• 02/14/19  Senate: Read third time
• 02/14/19  Senate: Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N)
• 02/19/19  House: Enrolled
• 02/19/19  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1639ER)
• 02/19/19  House: Signed by Speaker
• 02/20/19  Senate: Signed by President
• 02/21/19  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019
• 02/21/19  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019
• 03/05/19  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (effective 7/1/19)
• 03/05/19  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209)