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Senate Bill 170 |
Senate Author: Perry et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-19 |
House Sponsor: Price et al. |
Senate Bill 170 amends the Government Code to require the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to adopt a prospective reimbursement methodology for the payment of rural hospitals participating in Medicaid that ensures the rural hospitals are reimbursed on an individual basis for providing inpatient and general outpatient services to Medicaid recipients by using the hospitals' most recent cost information concerning the costs incurred for providing the services. Implementation of a provision of this bill by HHSC is mandatory only if a specific appropriation is made for that purpose.