HLS 21RS-943 ORIGINAL
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 588
BY REPRESENTATIVE BUTLER
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
MEDICAID: Provides relative to Medicaid services
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1243.1(B), relative to services of the medical assistance
3 program of this state known commonly as Medicaid; to provide relative to financing
4 of such services; to provide relative to the Medicaid state plan and Medicaid waivers;
5 and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 40:1243.1(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง1243.1. Healthcare providers; upper payment limit
9 * * *
10 B. The department may submit waivers or state plan amendments to the
11 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in order to secure federal financial
12 participation in relation to any such upper payment limit financing methodology.
13 Disbursements Any disbursement of monies generated by the use of an upper
14 payment limit methodology shall be made only in accordance with an approved
15 waiver or state plan amendment.
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are additions. HLS 21RS-943 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 588
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 588 Original 2021 Regular Session Butler
Abstract: Provides relative to Medicaid services and their financing.
Present law provides relative to financing methodologies for services of the state Medicaid
program.
Proposed law retains present law and makes technical changes.
(Amends R.S. 40:1243.1(B))
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