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Senate committee forwards H.13 to study Medicaid payment rates for community-based service providers
Summary
The committee voted to report H.13 favorably after amending the bill to use the term "community-based services" and to require a secretary-led review to determine reasonable and adequate Medicaid payment rates for covered providers.
Montpelier — The Senate Health & Welfare Committee on April 8 voted to report H.13 favorably, an amendment that directs the Agency of Human Services (AHS) secretary to determine reasonable and adequate Medicaid payment rates for certain community-based service providers and to establish processes for rate-setting work.
"I think it's fairly minimal amendments. This is H 13, an act relating to Medicaid payment rates for home and community based service providers," Jen Furby, Office of Legislative Counsel, told the committee while describing the draft and the language changes. Furby and staff explained they replaced the phrase "home and community-based services" with "community-based services" because the Medicaid waiver/state-plan meaning of the original phrase differs from the bills narrower definition.
The amendment narrows the bills coverage by…
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