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Committee approves amendment and advances SB 249 on uncompensated care and Medicaid funding
Summary
The Ways and Means Committee voted to approve an amendment to Senate Bill 249 and passed the bill as amended (OTP as amended) after testimony from the state Medicaid director and hospital association representatives; the amendment incorporates terms from a negotiated agreement and preserves the Medicaid enhancement tax at 5.4%.
The Ways and Means Committee voted to support Senate Bill 249 as amended, approving a house amendment and then advancing the bill as "ought to pass as amended." Representative Buellery offered House Amendment 2025-2465H (dated 05/09); Representative Olmi seconded the amendment.
Henry Littman, the state's Medicaid director, summarized the agreement incorporated by the amendment. Littman said the amendment seeks to reflect terms of a negotiated agreement between the state and hospitals that covers state fiscal years 2025 (noted as outside the legislation), 2026 and 2027. He said the numbers in HB1 as passed by the House remain unchanged…
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