HB563 Alabama 2013 Session

This bill would extend the private hospital assessment and Medicaid funding program for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018

This bill would provide that state-owned and public hospitals shall make intergovernmental transfers to the Medicaid Agency to be used to fund payments for inpatient and outpatient care and would provide that state-owned and public hospital certified public expenditures shall be for the hospital's uncompensated care and shall be used to pay the hospital its disproportionate share payments

To amend Sections 40-26B-70, 40-26B-71, 40-26B-73, 40-26B-77, 40-26B-78, 40-26B-80, 40-26B-82, 40-26B-84, 40-26B-88, Code of Alabama 1975, to extend the private hospital assessment and Medicaid funding program for fiscal years 2014 and 2015; to change the base year to fiscal year 2011 for purposes of calculating the assessment; to change the assessment rate for fiscal years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018; to add Section 40-26B-77.1 to Article 5, Chapter 26B of the Code of Alabama 1975, to provide that state-owned and public hospitals shall make intergovernmental transfers to the Medicaid Agency to be used to fund payments for inpatient and outpatient care; and to provide that state-owned and public hospital certified public expenditures shall be for the hospital's uncompensated care and shall be used to pay the hospital its disproportionate share payments.