The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the
legislative instrument, were prepared by Christopher D. Adams.
DIGEST
Heitmeier (SB 503)
Proposed law authorizes the Department of Health and Hospitals to seek approval from the
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services of a program designed to reimburse ambulatory
surgical centers that have an agreement with a governmental entity or entities to provide
enhanced Medicaid services.
Proposed law authorizes the department to develop and maintain a Medicaid upper payment limit
financing methodology for the ambulatory surgical centers provided for in proposed law.
Proposed law provides disbursements of money generated by the use of an upper payment limit
methodology shall be made only in accordance with an approved waiver or state plan amendment
and provides the source of the nonfederal match for these payments may only be by voluntary
certification of expenditures or intergovernmental transfer of funds.
Effective upon signature of the governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds R.S. 40:1300.333)