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Senate Health & Welfare reviews H.13 amendment changing ‘determine’ to ‘calculate’ in payment-rate law
Summary
The Senate Health & Welfare Committee reviewed an amendment to H.13 that replaces the term “determine” with “calculate” throughout state payment-rate statutes, clarifies frequency of rate reviews, and discusses an extraordinary financial‑relief process for at‑risk providers; the committee left the amendment as drafted and moved on to H.266.
Jen McCarthy, legislative counsel in the Office of Legislative Council, told the Senate Health & Welfare Committee on April 23 that an amendment to H.13 replaces the word “determine” with “calculate” throughout the statutory language governing payment rates for providers.
The change, McCarthy said, is largely terminological but carries drafting implications: the amendment also clarifies reporting language, retains a provision for rate studies “at least once every five years,” and adds language about recalculation and annual reporting of rates for informational purposes rather than as a binding appropriation decision by the Agency of Human Services (AHS).
Nut graf: The amendment seeks to align statutory wording with the agency’s role in producing payment-rate calculations while…
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