SB 428-1_ Filed 02/18/2004, 17:06
Adopted 2/19/2004
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COMMITTEE REPORT
YES:
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NO:
0
MR. SPEAKER:
Your Committee on Public Health , to which was referred Senate Bill 428 , has
had the same under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the House with the
recommendation that said bill be amended as follows:
Replace the effective dates in SECTIONS 1 through 6 with
"[EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2003 (RETROACTIVE)]:".
SOURCE: Page 1, line 1; (04)CR042801.1. -->
Page 1, between the enacting clause and line 1, begin a new
paragraph and insert:
SOURCE: IC 5-15-6-11; (04)CR042801.1. -->
"SECTION 1. IC 5-15-6-11 IS AMENDED TO READ AS
FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2004]: Sec. 11. This chapter does
not apply to public records of a county hospital described in
established and operated under IC 16-22 and or IC 16-23.
SOURCE: IC 12-15-15-1.6; (04)CR042801.2. -->
SECTION 2. IC 12-15-15-1.6 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
JULY 1, 2003 (RETROACTIVE)]: Sec. 1.6. (a) This section applies
only if the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services determines not to approve payments under section 1.5(b)
STEP FIVE (A), (B), or (C) of this chapter.
(b) If the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services determines not to approve payments under section 1.5(b)
STEP FIVE (A) of this chapter, the office may make payments
alternative to the payments under section 1.5(b) STEP FIVE (A)
of this chapter if:
(1) the payments for a state fiscal year are made only to the
hospitals that would have been eligible for payments for that
state fiscal year under section 1.5(b) STEP FIVE (A) of this
chapter; and
(2) the payment for a state fiscal year to each hospital is an
amount that is as equal as possible to the amount each
hospital would have received under section 1.5(b) STEP FIVE
(A) of this chapter for that state fiscal year.
(c) If the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services determines not to approve payments under section 1.5(b)
STEP FIVE (B) of this chapter, the office may make payments
alternative to the payments under section 1.5(b) STEP FIVE (B)
of this chapter if:
(1) the payments for a state fiscal year are made only to the
hospitals that would have been eligible for payments for that
state fiscal year under section 1.5(b) STEP FIVE (B) of this
chapter; and
(2) the payment for a state fiscal year to each hospital is an
amount that is as equal as possible to the amount each
hospital would have received under section 1.5(b) STEP FIVE
(B) of this chapter for that state fiscal year.
(d) If the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services determines not to approve payments under section 1.5(b)
STEP FIVE (C) of this chapter, the office may make payments
alternative to the payments under section 1.5(b) STEP FIVE (C)
of this chapter if:
(1) the payments for a state fiscal year are made only to the
hospitals that would have been eligible for payments for that
state fiscal year under section 1.5(b) STEP FIVE (C) of this
chapter; and
(2) the payment for a state fiscal year to each hospital is an
amount that is as equal as possible to the amount each
hospital would have received under section 1.5(b) STEP FIVE
(C) of this chapter for that state fiscal year.
(e) If the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services determines not to approve payments under subsection
(b), (c), or (d), the office shall use the funds that would have
served as the non-federal share of the payments for a state fiscal
year to serve as the non-federal share of a payment pool that shall
be distributed to hospitals receiving payments under section 9.5 of
this chapter for a state fiscal year. The payment pool shall be
distributed on a pro rata basis based upon the amount of payment
each hospital received under section 9.5 of this chapter for the
state fiscal year.
(f) If the United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services determines not to approve payments under subsection
(e), the office shall use the funds that would have served as the
non-federal share of such payments for a state fiscal year to serve
as the non-federal share of a payment program for hospitals to be
established by the office. The program shall distribute payments
for a state fiscal year based upon a methodology determined by
the office to be equitable under the circumstances.".
SOURCE: Page 10, line 28; (04)CR042801.10. -->
Page 10, after line 28, begin a new paragrah and insert:
SOURCE: ; (04)CR042801.9. -->
"SECTION 9.
An emergency is declared for this act.".
Renumber all SECTIONS consecutively.
(Reference is to SB 428 as printed January 23, 2004.)
and when so amended that said bill do pass.
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