HB568 Alabama 2015 Session

This bill would provide for the establishment, operations, and funding of the Health Center Access and Quality Improvement Program.

This bill would provide for an assessment on qualified health centers in Alabama to be administered by the Department of Revenue.

This bill 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.

This bill would provide that the program shall terminate on September 30, 2018.

This bill would provide that the federal 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.

This bill would also 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 in that account for use by the Alabama Medicaid Agency to obtain matching federal funds; to provide the program terminate on September 30, 2018; to 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; and to establish and set out responsibilities of the Health Center Services and Reimbursement Panel.