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Panel caps therapeutic-leave Medicaid payment for PRTFs at $500 per day; bill cleared as amended
Summary
The committee approved an amendment to Senate Bill 2399 limiting Medicaid reimbursement for therapeutic leave days at residential treatment facilities to $500 per day and advanced the bill as amended. A new fiscal note will be requested.
Chairman Vegasaw and members of the Appropriations Committee voted to amend and advance Senate Bill 2399, which would allow psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) to receive a daily Medicaid payment for therapeutic leave days when a resident is temporarily away from the facility.
The amendment adopted by the committee sets a reimbursement cap: "reimbursements for therapeutic leave days may not exceed $500 a day," and requires the department to…
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