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Committee amends adult residential payment bill to add operating margin, reporting; passes as amended
Summary
Members amended Senate Bill 2271 on adult residential facility payment rates, debated scope of an operating margin and asset limits, adjusted the appropriation and adopted a do‑pass recommendation 6‑0; providers urged the study to explicitly include adult residential payments and asset‑limit implications for HCBS waivers.
The Senate Human Services Committee took up Senate Bill 2271, an amendment addressing payment rates for adult residential facilities that serve people with memory‑care and other long‑term support needs.
Sarah Acre, executive director of the Division of Medical Services at the Department of Health and Human Services, told the committee the amendment revised earlier language, calculated fiscal impact and added a reporting requirement. Acre said the revised draft adjusted the appropriation to account for a roughly $194,000 difference between calculating an operating margin on direct care only versus applying an operating margin to the full…
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