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Committee adopts amendments to SB 275 on home‑health reimbursement and rejects extended Medicaid estate lookback
Summary
The Ways and Means Committee approved Amendment 20 to Senate Bill 275 to sunset a restriction on home‑health reimbursement rate changes and require a collaborative rate methodology, and rejected a proposed extension of Medicaid estate‑recovery lookback from 120 to 365 days.
The Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday approved an amendment to Senate Bill 275 that removes two budget‑sensitive sections and requires state health officials to work with providers on a new reimbursement methodology, while rejecting a separate amendment to lengthen Medicaid estate‑recovery lookback rules.
Representative Lopez, presenting Amendment 20, said the change deletes sections on age‑blind and Medicare savings plan eligibility and sunsets a statute that currently prevents the secretary from changing home‑health reimbursement rates. "We sunset that in June 2027,"…
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