Hospital Authority (4)

Date of Last Recorded Action: 4/8/2024

HB 0321 SupportExtension of the Hospital Provider Fee for Medicaid Financing Program and Transparency Requirements for Hospitals Jodi Lott
4/25/2019 Effective Date Appropriations Finance -
2019/03/29 Report Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Hospital Authority
 This legislation extends the sunset provision for the hospital provider fee known as the "Medicaid Financing Program" as state match in pulling down edicaid dollars until June 30, 2025.  The bill also provides for reporting of donations to rural hospitals whereby donors receive a tax credit.
SB 0106 SupportPatient's First Act - Allow Governor to Apply for Medicaid Waivers Blake Tillery
3/27/2019 Effective Date Special Committee On Access to Quality Health Care Health and Human Services -
2019/03/22 Report 2019/03/29 Report Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Hospital Authority
Senate Bill 106, referred to as the 'Patients First Act', authorizes the Department of Community Health (DCH) to submit a Section 1115 waiver request to the United States Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services by June 30, 2020. This may include an increase in the income threshold of up to a maximum of 100 percent of the federal poverty level. Upon approval of this waiver, the bill also authorizes DCH to implement the terms and conditions without any further legislative action. Additionally, Senate Bill 106 authorizes the governor to submit a Section 1332 innovation waiver proposal, or multiple thereof, to the United States Secretaries of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Treasury by December 31, 2021. 
SB 0114 EvaluatingHealth; certificate of need requirements; provisions; revise; Health Strategies Council; establish Dean Burke
2/19/2019 Senate Read and Referred -Regulated Industries and Utilities -
Debra Nesbit Health and Human Services Hospital Authority
SB 0395 SupportCounty and Municipal Hospital Authorities Sale or Lease of Property by Authority, Use of Funds Ben Watson
1/1/2021 Effective Date Special Committee On Access to Quality Health Care Health and Human Services -
2020/02/21 Report 2020/03/06 Report 2020/03/13 Report 2020/06/19 Report Debra Nesbit
Health and Human Services Hospital Authority
This legislation allows County Hospital Authorities to use the funds from the sale or lease of property by the the authority to use the proceeds for indigent care in teh community.
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