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Budget Amendments - HB1700 (Conference Report)

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Clarify 1115 Waiver Admin. Costs Paid from Provider Coverage Assessment Revenue (language only)

Item 3-5.15 #1c

Item 3-5.15 #1c

Adjustments and Modifications to Tax Collections
Provider Coverage Assessment

Language

Page 566, line 32, after "adults", insert:

"which includes the costs of administering the provisions of the Section 1115 waiver".

Page 566, line 35, after "providing coverage" insert:

", which includes the costs of administering the provisions of the Section 1115 waiver,".

Page 567, line 16, after "Committees", insert:

", and the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association".

Page 567, line 18, after "Fund.", insert:

"The report shall also include a complete and itemized listing of all administrative costs included in the coverage assessment."

Page 567, after line 22, insert:

"H.  The Hospital Payment Policy Advisory Committee shall meet to consider the implementation and provisions of the Provider Coverage and Payment Rate Assessments in order to consider and make recommendations to ensure the collection and use of such funds are appropriate and consistent with the intent of the General Assembly.  Specifically, the Committee shall consider the level of detail and format necessary to develop the report pursuant to paragraph E.  The committee shall recommend a format and associated level of detail, to be included in the report to the Joint Subcommittee for Health and Human Resources Oversight.  The Joint Subcommittee shall approve the final format and associated level of detail of the report to be submitted by the Department of Medical Assistance Services."



Explanation

(This amendment clarifies the hospital provider assessment language such that the administrative costs that are part of the full costs of coverage include administering the provisions of the Section 1115 waiver. Language also requires that the Department of Medical Assistance Services include details about all administrative costs included in the coverage assessment be included in a report that is due September 1 of each year and adds the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association to those to whom the report is submitted. The format and level of detail of the report will be based on a recommendation of the Hospital Payment Policy Advisory Committee and approved by the Joint Subcommittee for Health and Human Resources Oversight.)