The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Federal Medicaid laws encourage special recognition of disproportionate share hospitals for Medicaid reimbursement purposes. (b) These same federal laws permit and encourage the state to fund the Medicaid program through flexible means, including public and private contributions to serve as the state share for purposes of federal […]
(a) There is hereby created in the state Treasury a special revolving fund known as the Medicaid uncompensated care fund. All moneys deposited or accrued in this fund shall be used exclusively: (1) To provide the state's share of the federal Medicaid program funds in order to improve inpatient payments to disproportionate share hospitals; and
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that certain dedicated revenues should be preserved in trust for the purpose of stabilizing the state's Medicaid program and providing services for future federally mandated population groups in conjunction with federal reform. (b) There is hereby created a special account within the Department of Health and Human Resources, which […]
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that steps be taken to expand coverage to children and the terminally ill and to pay for this coverage by fully utilizing federal funds. To achieve this intention, the Department of Health and Human Resources shall undertake the following: (1) The department shall provide a streamlined application […]
(a) The secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources shall make an annual report to the Legislature on the use of the Medicaid uncompensated care fund. (b) The health care cost review authority shall make an annual report to the Legislature on the impact of improved Medicaid inpatient payments resulting from the fund […]
