SB 208-1_ Filed 02/26/2007, 10:17 Dillon

SENATE MOTION


MADAM PRESIDENT:

    I move
that Senate Bill 208 be amended to read as follows:

    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

SOURCE: IC 12-10-12-6; (07)MO020801.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 12-10-12-6 IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]: Sec. 6. (a) This subsection does not apply after June 30, 2008. If an individual who is discharged from a hospital licensed under IC 16-21:
        (1) is admitted to a nursing facility after the individual has been screened under the nursing facility preadmission program described in this chapter; and
        (2) is eligible for participation in the federal Medicaid program;
prior approval of the individual's admission to the nursing facility may not be required by the office under IC 12-15-21-1 through IC 12-15-21-3.
     (b) This subsection applies beginning July 1, 2008. If an individual:
        (1) is admitted to a nursing facility after the individual has been screened under the nursing facility preadmission program described in this chapter; and
        (2) is eligible for participation in the federal Medicaid program;
prior approval of the individual's admission to the nursing facility may be required by the office under IC 12-15-21-1 through IC 12-15-21-3.
    (c) The office may adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 to implement
subsection (b). However, the adopted rules may not take effect before July 1, 2008.
SOURCE: ; (07)MO020801.2. -->     SECTION 2. An emergency is declared for this act.
    (Reference is to SB 208 as printed February 23, 2007.)

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Senator DILLON


MO020801/DI 104
2007