HB499 Alabama 2013 Session

This bill would provide for the establishment, operations and funding of the Health Center Access and Quality Improvement Program, would provide for an assessment on qualified health centers in Alabama to be administered by the Department of Revenue; would create a Health Center Assessment Account and require health center assessments be deposited in that account for use by the Alabama Medicaid Agency to obtain matching federal funds; would provide that the program shall terminate on September 30, 2016; would provide that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) must approve changes to the Medicaid State Plan associated with the creation, operation, and funding of the Health Center Access and Quality Improvement Program before the assessment program is put into place; would establish and set out responsibilities of the Health Center Services and Reimbursement Panel

To provide for the establishment, operations and funding of the Health Center Access and Quality Improvement Program, to provide for an assessment on qualified health centers in Alabama to be administered by the Department of Revenue; to create a Health Center Assessment Account and require health center assessments be deposited into that account for use by the Alabama Medicaid Agency to obtain matching federal funds; to provide that the program shall terminate on September 30, 2016; to provide that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) must approve any changes to the Medicaid State Plan associated with the creation, operation, and funding of the Health Center Access and Quality Improvement Program before the assessment program is put into place; and to establish and set out responsibilities of the Health Center Services and Reimbursement Panel.