GREEN SHEET REDIGEST
HB 922 2016 Regular Session Hensgens
(KEYWORD, SUMMARY, AND DIGEST as amended by Senate committee
amendments)
NURSING HOMES: Revises provider fees assessed on nursing homes by the
Department of Health and Hospitals
DIGEST
Present law establishes fees to be imposed on certain healthcare service providers. Present
law further sets the maximum fee for nursing facilities at $10.00 per occupied bed per day.
Proposed law changes the maximum fee amount to the percentage of net patient service
revenues permitted by federal regulations as determined by the Dept. of Health and Hospitals
(DHH) on a per occupied bed per day basis.
Present law prohibits DHH from imposing any new fee or increasing any fee on any nursing
home without prior approval of the specific fee amount by record vote of a majority of the
elected members of each house of the legislature while in session.
Proposed law repeals present law.
(Amends R.S. 46:2623, 2625(A)(1)(intro para) and (a); repeals R.S. 46:2625(B))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by Senate
Committee Amendments Proposed by Senate Committee on Health and Welfare to
the engrossed bill
1. Added changes to the Louisiana Medical Assistance Trust Fund to require
that the funds collected and interest earned by the fund shall be maintained
in separate accounts based on the provider type paying fees into the fund and
that expenses from monies in the fund shall be directed towards the provider
group that paid the fee.
2. Added reporting requirements for the state treasurer to submit quarterly
reports to DHH and JLCB on the utilization of the funds from each separate
account and for DHH to submit quarterly reports to JLCB on the expenditure
of funds from each separate account.
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Prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.