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| 1 | 1 | Stricken language would be deleted from and underlined language would be added to present law. | |
| 2 | 2 | *JMB585* 03/20/2025 9:50:50 AM JMB585 | |
| 3 | 3 | State of Arkansas 1 | |
| 4 | 4 | 95th General Assembly A Bill 2 | |
| 5 | 5 | Regular Session, 2025 SENATE BILL 532 3 | |
| 6 | 6 | 4 | |
| 7 | 7 | By: Senator Hester 5 | |
| 8 | 8 | By: Representative Achor 6 | |
| 9 | 9 | 7 | |
| 10 | 10 | For An Act To Be Entitled 8 | |
| 11 | 11 | AN ACT TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "SPECIALTY 9 | |
| 12 | 12 | HOSPITAL" RELATING TO THE ASSESSMENT FEE ON HOSPITALS 10 | |
| 13 | 13 | UNDER THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID PROGRAM; AND FOR OTHER 11 | |
| 14 | 14 | PURPOSES. 12 | |
| 15 | 15 | 13 | |
| 16 | 16 | 14 | |
| 17 | 17 | Subtitle 15 | |
| 18 | 18 | TO AMEND THE DEFINITION OF "SPECIALTY 16 | |
| 19 | 19 | HOSPITAL" RELATING TO THE ASSESSMENT FEE 17 | |
| 20 | 20 | ON HOSPITALS UNDER THE ARKANSAS MEDICAID 18 | |
| 21 | 21 | PROGRAM. 19 | |
| 22 | 22 | 20 | |
| 23 | 23 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS: 21 | |
| 24 | 24 | 22 | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 1. Arkansas Code § 20 -77-1901(7), concerning the definition of 23 | |
| 26 | 26 | "specialty hospital" relating to the assessment fee on hospitals, is amended 24 | |
| 27 | 27 | to read as follows: 25 | |
| 28 | 28 | (7) “Specialty hospital” means an acute care general hospital 26 | |
| 29 | 29 | that: 27 | |
| 30 | 30 | (A) Limits services primarily to children and qualifies as 28 | |
| 31 | 31 | exempt from the Medicare prospective payment system regulation; or 29 | |
| 32 | 32 | (B) Is primarily or exclusively engaged in the care and 30 | |
| 33 | 33 | treatment of patients with : 31 | |
| 34 | 34 | (i) Cardiac cardiac conditions; or 32 | |
| 35 | 35 | (ii) Orthopedic or spinal conditions; 33 | |
| 36 | 36 | 34 | |
| 37 | 37 | 35 | |
| 38 | 38 | 36 |