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Committee hears $190 million hospital assessment supplemental tied to UPL changes from 2022 law
Summary
Legislative analysts told the committee that changes to upper payment limit (UPL) methodology following 2022 legislation increased the assessment hospitals must pay and prompted a supplemental request to process the higher assessments and draw federal matching dollars
The joint appropriations committee was briefed on a roughly $190 million supplemental request tied to hospital assessments and changes to the upper payment limit (UPL) calculations enacted in 2022.
Analyst Alex Williamson described the supplemental as a request of about $190,000,000 in benefit payments, with approximately $77,000,000 from the hospital assessment fund (a dedicated fund) and roughly $113,000,000 from federal funds. The change…
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