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Senate approves extensions, expansions of hospital provider-participation funds after amendment debate
Summary
Lawmakers approved a bill to extend and create local provider participation funds (LPPFs) in several counties, adopted amendments increasing certain funding and making programs immediately effective, and recorded divided votes on third reading.
Senator Parker, State Senator, brought Committee Substitute House Bill 33 48 to the floor to extend existing local provider participation funds (LPPFs) in Denton and Collin counties and to create a new LPPF in Burnet County.
"An LPPF or a local provider participation fund is a method by which hospitals can pull a portion of net patient revenue to create the non‑federal or state portion of Medicaid matching funds," Parker said, explaining the program’s purpose and that HB 33 48 extends and creates…
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