File Code: Health Care Facilities and Regulation
Prior Year Introduction As: HB 1247/96 - ENV
- Sponsored By:
-
Chairman, Finance Committee (Departmental - Health and Mental Hygiene)
- Entitled:
-
Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Nursing Facilities - Reserved
Beds
Altering the maximum time that the Maryland Medical Assistance Program
will pay to reserve a bed in a nursing facility; requiring the nursing
facility to accept payment at the rate the Department sets to reserve
a bed beyond the time for which the Program will pay; requiring the
nursing facility to readmit a recipient in the next available
semiprivate room; and requiring that savings realized by the Act be
expended within the Medical Care Provider Reimbursement's budget by
enhancing nursing home reimbursement rates.
Senate Action
- 1/27
- First Reading Finance
- Motion Rules Suspended for late introduction (Senator Trotter) Adopted (46-0)
- Referred Finance
- 1/28
- Hearing 2/20 at 1:00 p.m.
- 3/21
- Unfavorable Report by Finance
House Action
- No Action
- Sponsored by:
- Chairman, Finance Comm.
- Departmental
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE
- PRICES
- Bill affects the following Statute:
- Health - General
- (
15-117
)
- Bill Text:
- First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
