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Rep. John Vanderroutter reintroduces bill tightening Medicaid cost surveys, cites $66 million in line items
Summary
Representative John Vanderroutter introduced RS 33,677 (reintroduction of House Bill 759), saying the measure clarifies intent language, lists a $66,000,000 line item and a $21,800,000 state general fund match, and requires updated cost surveys and audits to support proposed savings.
Representative John Vanderroutter introduced RS 33,677 as a reintroduction of House Bill 759 and said the current draft clarifies what the bill would change in state spending and in department procedures. He told the committee the bill now identifies a $66,000,000 line item and a state general fund match of $21,800,000 and that those figures are where the proposed reduction would be realized.
Vanderroutter said the bill also narrows and clarifies which services will be cost‑surveyed (noting the list on lines 38–39 of the draft) and moves the target deadline for completing the surveys from December of this year to December of next year. “I believe we've cleared, hopefully we've cleared up some of the concerns that were in July and made it clear what the bill actually does,” Vanderroutter said. He emphasized that planned rate changes would be subject to legislative appropriation, adding language to make that limitation explicit.
