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Senate finance panel allows previously appropriated Medicaid funds to carry forward to stabilize nursing‑home rates
Summary
After questioning from senators and testimony from DHHS officials, the committee approved an amendment to let a $2.25 million general‑fund appropriation (plus federal match) be carried forward to support Medicaid long‑term care rate‑setting in a later cycle, following debate about underspent funds and recent rate reductions affecting facilities.
The Senate Finance Committee voted to advance a change allowing $2,250,000 in general funds (plus the federal match) previously appropriated for Medicaid long‑term care to be carried forward and applied in a later rate‑setting cycle to help stabilize nursing‑home per‑diem rates.
Senator Lang (S2) pressed department officials on why nursing‑home rates fell despite the prior appropriation, asking, “How do we have any guarantee that if we do this and we give you the ability to move the 2.25 that you didn't spend to keep it flat like we asked you to, you're actually gonna use that money to keep it flat.” Nathan White, chief financial officer at the Department of Health and Human Services (S4), explained that the $2.25 million was placed into a larger $300‑million pool after a…
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