HR78 Alabama 2022 Session

Summary

Session

Regular Session 2022

Title

House of Representatives, Special Order Calendar

Summary

This House resolution designates a set of bills as the special and paramount order of business for the 12th legislative day, giving them priority over other business.

What This Bill Does

If adopted, the listed bills would be treated as the special and paramount order of business for the 12th day, ahead of the regular agenda. The items include sunset-law reviews for several boards and commissions, as well as financial and tax-related measures affecting nursing facilities, hospitals, emergency medical transport, and ARPA-related tax provisions. The resolution does not change the text of the bills themselves; it only sets their priority for consideration on that day.

Who It Affects

• Professional boards and commissions whose sunset reviews are extended (Surface Mining Commission, Home Medical Equipment Board, Prosthetists and Orthotists Board, Sickle Cell Oversight and Regulatory Commission, Foresters State Board of Registration, Construction Recruitment Institute, Real Estate Commission).
• Nursing facilities and nursing home operators, due to extended privilege assessments and bed surcharges.
• Hospitals and private hospitals, due to extended hospital assessments and Medicaid funding programs (FY2025).
• Emergency medical transport providers, due to new/extended assessment for EMS funding and expanded Medicaid payments.
• Taxpayers and filers, due to ARPA-related treatment of enhanced federal child tax credits and an extension of due dates for certain taxpayers.

Key Provisions

• Designates SB92, SB93, SB94, SB95, SB96, SB97, SB98, HB285, HB286, HB287, and SB152 as the Special and Paramount Order of Business for Day 12.
• SB92-SB96: Sunset Law reviews continued through Oct 1, 2026; SB97-SB98: Sunset Law reviews continued through Oct 1, 2023.
• HB285: Nursing facilities—extends the bed privilege assessments and surcharges to Aug 31, 2025; amends Sec. 40-26B-21.
• HB286: Hospitals—extends private hospital assessment and Medicaid funding program through FY 2025; multiple sections amended (Secs. 40-26B-71, -73, -77.1, -79, -80, -81, -82, -84, -88).
• HB287: Emergency medical transport providers—imposes an assessment for maintenance and expansion of EMS via additional Medicaid enhanced payments; includes assessment methodology and rate; defines effective period (Secs. 40-26B-90 to 40-26B-99).
• SB152: Taxation—excludes enhanced federal child tax credits from ARPA from calculation of federal income tax deduction for tax year 2021; provides extension of the due date for certain taxpayers (Secs. 40-16-3.1, 40-18-39.2).

AI-generated summary using openai/gpt-5-nano on Feb 22, 2026. May contain errors — refer to the official bill text for accuracy.

Subjects

Resolution, Legislative