File Code: Public Health
- Sponsored By:
-
Delegate Pendergrass
- Entitled:
-
Medical Assistance Program - Payments to Nursing Homes - Penalties
Requiring the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) to
reimburse a nursing home for medical care provided to a Medical
Assistance Program recipient within 30 days from the date that the
Department of Human Resources determines that an individual is
eligible for the Program; requiring DHMH to make a specified interest
payment to a nursing home if payment is not received from DHMH within
the 30-day time frame; prohibiting DHMH from requiring a nursing home
to make an additional claim for the interest payment; etc.
House Action
- 2/13
- First Reading Health and Government Operations
- 2/18
- Hearing 3/3 at 1:00 p.m.
Senate Action
- No Action
- Bill indexed under the following Subjects:
- AUDITORS AND AUDITS
- HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE, DEPARTMENT OF
- INTEREST
- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
- NURSING HOMES -see also- CONTINUING CARE; LONG TERM CARE
- Bill affects the following Statutes:
- Health - General
- (
15-101 ,
15-117.1 ,
19-1401
)
- Bill Text:
First Reading (PDF),
Third Reading, Enrolled
- Fiscal Note:
Available (PDF)
- Amendments:
None offered
