February 17, 2009
HOUSE BILL No. 1194
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DIGEST OF HB 1194
(Updated February 13, 2009 9:15 am - DI 92)
Citations Affected: IC 12-15; noncode.
Synopsis: Disproportionate share payments program study. Requires
the office of Medicaid policy and planning to develop, maintain, and
use a computer system to store specified documents concerning the
disproportionate share hospital payment program. Establishes the
interim study committee on Medicaid supplemental programs to study
specified issues. Requires the legislative evaluation and oversight
policy subcommittee to study specified programs relating to the
disproportionate share hospital payment program in 2009 and 2010 and
to report its findings by July 1, 2010. (The introduced version of this
bill was prepared by the select joint commission on Medicaid
oversight.)
Effective: Upon passage; July 1, 2009.
Crawford
January 12, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Ways and Means.
February 17, 2009, reported _ Do Pass.
February 17, 2009
First Regular Session 116th General Assembly (2009)
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HOUSE BILL No. 1194
A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
Medicaid.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
SOURCE: IC 12-15-1-20; (09)HB1194.1.1. -->
SECTION 1. IC 12-15-1-20 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
1, 2009]: Sec. 20. The office shall develop, maintain, and use a
computer system to store documents concerning the
disproportionate share hospital payment program, the hospital
care for the indigent program, and the hospital care for the
indigent upper payment level program. The system must include
the following documents related to the programs:
(1) Federal and state laws.
(2) Federal and state rules and regulations.
(3) Policies and guidance statements.
(4) Medicaid waivers.
(5) Medicaid state plan amendments.
(6) Funding allotments to health care facilities.
(7) Funding formulas and any other explanatory information
detailing how an individual allotment is calculated.
SOURCE: ; (09)HB1194.1.2. -->
SECTION 2. [EFFECTIVE UPON PASSAGE]
(a) As used in this
SECTION, "committee" refers to the interim study committee on
Medicaid supplemental programs established by this SECTION.
(b) There is established the interim study committee on
Medicaid supplemental programs. The committee shall study issues
concerning Medicaid supplemental payment programs, including
the following:
(1) Federal intergovernmental transfer leveraging and
alternative revenue generating options if currently used
leveraging is determined by the federal government to be
invalid.
(2) The merits and effect of expanding the Indiana check-up
plan established by IC 12-15-44.2-3 to cover additional
childless adults through a federal Medicaid waiver or
Medicaid state plan amendment.
(c) The committee shall operate under the policies governing
study committees adopted by the legislative council.
(d) The affirmative votes of a majority of the voting members
appointed to the committee are required for the committee to take
action on any measure, including a final report.
(e) This SECTION expires November 1, 2009.
SOURCE: ; (09)HB1194.1.3. -->
SECTION 3. [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2009] (a) As used in this
SECTION, "committee" refers to the legislative evaluation and
oversight policy subcommittee established by IC 2-5-21-6.
(b) The committee shall evaluate the following programs under
the office of the secretary of family and social services during 2009
and 2010:
(1) The disproportionate share hospital care payment
program.
(2) The hospital care for the indigent program.
(3) The hospital care for the indigent upper payment level
program.
(c) The committee shall submit a report of the findings of the
committee to the legislative council not later than July 1, 2010.
(d) The report described in this SECTION replaces any other
report the committee was previously scheduled to conduct in 2009
and report on by July 1, 2010.
(e) This SECTION expires December 31, 2010.
SOURCE: ; (09)HB1194.1.4. -->
SECTION 4.
An emergency is declared for this act.