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House clears reauthorization of hospital provider assessment act
Summary
First substitute to House Bill 37, extending the hospital provider assessment act and clarifying rate calculations to preserve the state’s Medicaid matching structure, passed the House on a recorded vote (71–0).
The House passed the first substitute to House Bill 37, a reauthorization of the Hospital Provider Assessment Act, by a recorded vote of 71–0. Representative Barlow described the measure as extending the statute’s sunset date and including provisions related to calculating hospital assessment rates to preserve a 30 percent match used for Medicaid outpatient settings.
Barlow said the bill provides a mechanism by which hospitals could self-assess to generate the necessary match and that the provisions aim to hold the state harmless in the Medicaid funding calculation. Summation was waived and the House voted to pass the first substitute; the bill will be transmitted to the Senate for their consideration.
