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