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House passes nursing-facilities assessment to boost pay and leverage federal match
Summary
Lawmakers approved House Bill 401 to impose a $1 per patient-day assessment on nursing facilities, which sponsors say will leverage a 3:1 federal Medicaid match and bring nearly $7 million in federal funds; the House passed the bill 67–3.
The Utah House on Feb. 20 approved House Bill 401, a nursing-facilities assessment designed to raise money to shore up staff wages and improve long-term care quality. Representative Donald R. LeBaron, the bill's sponsor, described amendments to clarify covered populations and to allow continuity of assessment on patients who are temporarily absent. He explained the centerpiece: a $1-per-patient-day assessment on providers that will be deposited to…
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