SB 428-1_ Filed 02/18/2004, 17:06
Adopted 2/19/2004


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COMMITTEE REPORT

            
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11

                                                        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.
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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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Representative Brown C


CR042801/DI 77    2004