Medical Assistance Services, Department of; payment for certain services to hospice patients. (HB1639)
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Passed Committee |
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Passed House |
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Passed Senate |
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Signed by Governor |
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Description
Department of Medical Assistance Services; payment for certain services to hospice patients. Directs the Department of Medical Assistance Services to implement a process for direct payment of nursing facility or ICF/MR services for hospice patients receiving services in a nursing facility or ICF/MR, if such patient would be eligible for medical assistance for nursing facility or ICF/MR services had he not elected to receive hospice care. The bill provides that payments made to a nursing facility or ICF/MR shall be the full amount that would be paid to the nursing facility or ICF/MR, if the individual was not receiving hospice services, and shall not reflect any discount to such rates. Read the Bill »
Outcome
Bill Has Passed
History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 11/21/2018 | Committee |
| 11/21/2018 | Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/09/19 19100544D |
| 11/21/2018 | Referred to Committee on Appropriations |
| 01/10/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1639) |
| 01/11/2019 | Assigned App. sub: Health & Human Resources |
| 01/29/2019 | Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 0-N) |
| 01/30/2019 | Reported from Appropriations (22-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/01/2019 | Read first time |
| 02/04/2019 | Read second time and engrossed |
| 02/05/2019 | Read third time and passed House BLOCK VOTE (99-Y 0-N) |
| 02/05/2019 | VOTE: BLOCK VOTE PASSAGE (99-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/06/2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed |
| 02/06/2019 | Referred to Committee on Finance |
| 02/12/2019 | Reported from Finance (16-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/13/2019 | Constitutional reading dispensed (39-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/14/2019 | Passed Senate |
| 02/14/2019 | Read third time |
| 02/14/2019 | Passed Senate (40-Y 0-N) (see vote tally) |
| 02/19/2019 | Enrolled |
| 02/19/2019 | Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1639ER) |
| 02/19/2019 | Impact statement from DPB (HB1639ER) |
| 02/19/2019 | Signed by Speaker |
| 02/20/2019 | Signed by President |
| 02/21/2019 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 21, 2019 |
| 02/21/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 25, 2019 |
| 02/21/2019 | Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on February 21, 2019 |
| 02/21/2019 | G Governor's Action Deadline Midnight, March 26, 2019 |
| 03/05/2019 | G Approved by Governor-Chapter 209 (effective 7/1/19) |
| 03/05/2019 | G Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209) |