| TO: | Honorable Jane Nelson, Chair, Senate Committee on Health & Human Services |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB318 by Deuell (Relating to Medicaid incentive payments for direct nursing care provided by nursing homes.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend Section 32.028 (g) and (i) of the Human Resources Code. The bill would require the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to provide a program offering incentives for increasing direct care staff and direct care wages and benefits; and if money is available after allocation to base rate reimbursements, changes in funding for nursing facility payment rates intended to change the base rate and incentive-based rate by equal percentages.
Section 2 of the bill would allow HHSC to delay implementing the bill if a federal waiver or authorization is required.
The bill takes effect September 1, 2007.
| Source Agencies: | 529 Health and Human Services Commission, 539 Aging and Disability Services, Department of
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, CL, PP, ML
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