Bill Amendment: MS SB2658 | 2022 | Regular Session
Bill Title: Mississippi Medicaid Program; make technical amendments to reimbursement and administration.
Status: 2022-03-01 - Died In Committee [SB2658 Detail]
Download: Mississippi-2022-SB2658-Senate_Amendment_No_1_Cmte_Sub_.html
Adopted
AMENDMENT NO 1 PROPOSED TO
Cmte Sub for Senate Bill No. 2658
BY: Senator(s) Blackwell
AMEND on line 379 by inserting "by these organizations" after the word "Reimbursement"
AMEND on line 399 by deleting "shall" and inserting "may"
AMEND on lines 489 and 490 by deleting "for medical transportation services"
AMEND on line 492 by inserting "emergency ambulance" after the word "covered"
AMEND on line 492 by deleting the words "July 1, 2022" and inserting "January 1, 2023"
AMEND on line 498 by inserting the following language after the word "gap":
, as defined by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid services,
AMEND on line 498 by inserting "emergency" after the word "all"
AMEND by striking the language starting with "Except" on line 499 to the word "services." on line 511.
AMEND on line 511 by inserting the following language before the word "Ambulance":
Subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services,
AMEND by striking all of the language starting with subitem "c." on line 513 through the period on line 519.
AMEND by creating a new subsection (60) on line 885 and inserting the following language:
(60) Border city university-affiliated pediatric teaching hospital.
(a) Subject to approval by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the provisions of this section, the division shall establish a Medicare Upper Payment Limits Program, as defined in Section 1902(a)(30) of the federal Social Security Act and any applicable federal regulations, an allowable delivery system or provider payment initiative authorized under 42 CFR 438.6(c), or other program(s) authorized under this section, for a border city university-affiliated pediatric teaching hospital. Any program established under this subsection shall be subject to the availability of funds specifically appropriated for that purpose by the Legislature and effective for the state fiscal years 2023 and 2024.
(b) As used in this subsection, the term "border city university-affiliated pediatric teaching hospital" means an out-of-state hospital located within a city bordering the eastern bank of the Mississippi River and the State of Mississippi that submits to the division a copy of a current and effective affiliation agreement with an accredited university and other documentation establishing that the hospital is university-affiliated, is licensed and designated as a pediatric hospital or pediatric primary hospital within its home state, maintains at least five (5) different pediatric specialty training programs, and maintains at least one hundred (100) operated beds dedicated exclusively for the treatment of patients under the age of twenty-one (21).
(d) This subsection shall stand repealed on July 1, 2024.
AMEND on line 899 by deleting the words "decreasing or changing payments, payment methodology or rates of reimbursement" and inserting the following in lieu thereof:
implementing a payment methodology that would result in a reduction in reimbursement
AMEND on line 900 by deleting the word "of" and inserting "or"
AMEND on line 1217 by deleting the word "shall" and substituting "may" in lieu thereof.
AMEND on line 1221 by deleting the words "July 1, 2022" and inserting "its passage" in lieu thereof.
FURTHER, AMEND the title to conform.
