Amend CSHB 1, in Article II of the bill, by amending Rider 51
following the appropriations to the Health and Human Services
Commission (Freestanding Psychiatric Facilities rider, page II-77)
to read as follows:
51. Freestanding Psychiatric Facilities. To determine
Medicaid payment for inpatient services in freestanding
psychiatric facilities, it is the intent of the Legislature that
the Health and Human Services Commission adopt a reimbursement
methodology based on the prospective payment system currently used
by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to reimburse
inpatient psychiatric services [under the Medicare program], to the
extent the commission finds that the increase in reimbursement
[it] is cost-effective.