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S.B. 166
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill amends the Hospital Provider Assessment Act.
10 Highlighted Provisions:
11 This bill:
12 . defines terms;
13 . modifies the calculation of the annual assessment;
14 . modifies the manner in which a hospital's discharge data is derived;
15 . requires the Division of Health Care Financing of the Department of Health to
16 incorporate $154 million into the accountable care organization rate structure;
17 . grants rulemaking authority to the Department of Health over the penalties and
18 interest assessed under the act;
19 . repeals the assessment on July 1, 2016; and
20 . makes technical changes.
21 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
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23 Other Special Clauses:
24 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
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26 Utah Code Sections Affected:
27 AMENDS:
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29 26-36a-202, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 179
30 26-36a-203, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 348
31 26-36a-204, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 179
32 26-36a-205, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 348
33 26-36a-206, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 179
34 26-36a-207, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2010, Chapter 179
35 26-36a-208, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2011, Chapter 118
36 63I-1-226, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapters 171 and 328
37 REPEALS:
38 26-36a-209, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2012, Chapter 348
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40 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
41 Section 1. Section 26-36a-103 is amended to read:
42 26-36a-103. Definitions.
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44 (1) "Assessment" means the Medicaid hospital provider assessment established by this
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46 (2) "Discharges" means the number of total hospital discharges reported on worksheet
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53 (ii) specialty hospital operating in the state, which shall include a privately owned
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61 (ii) a hospital owned by the federal government, including the Veterans Administration
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86 (7) "Accountable care organization" means a managed care organization, as defined in
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89 Section 2. Section 26-36a-202 is amended to read:
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26-36a-202. Assessment, collection, and payment of hospital provider assessment.90
91 (1) A uniform, broad based, assessment is imposed on each hospital as defined in
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97 (2) (a) The assessment imposed by this chapter is due and payable on a quarterly basis
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99 (b) The collecting agent for this assessment is the department which is vested with the
100 administration and enforcement of this chapter, including the right to adopt administrative rules
101 in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, necessary to:
102 (i) implement and enforce the provisions of this act; and
103 (ii) audit records of a facility:
104 (A) that is subject to the assessment imposed by this chapter; and
105 (B) does not file a Medicare cost report.
106 (c) The department shall forward proceeds from the assessment imposed by this
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108 Section 26-36a-207 .
109 (3) The department may, by rule, extend the time for paying the assessment.
110 Section 3. Section 26-36a-203 is amended to read:
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165 (i) for state fiscal year 2013, the hospital's cost report data for the hospital's fiscal year
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169 (iii) for state fiscal year 2015, the hospital's cost report data for the hospital's fiscal year
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171 (iv) for state fiscal year 2016, the hospital's cost report data for the hospital's fiscal year
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308 Section 6. Section 26-36a-206 is amended to read:
309 26-36a-206. Penalties and interest.
310 (1) A facility that fails to pay any assessment or file a return as required under this
311 chapter, within the time required by this chapter, shall pay, in addition to the assessment,
312 penalties and interest established by the department.
313 (2) (a) Consistent with Subsection (2)(b), the department shall adopt rules in
314 accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, which establish
315 reasonable penalties and interest for the violations described in Subsection (1).
316 (b) If a hospital fails to timely pay the full amount of a quarterly assessment, the
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318 (i) a penalty equal to 5% of the quarterly amount not paid on or before the due date;
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328 Section 7. Section 26-36a-207 is amended to read:
329 26-36a-207. Restricted Special Revenue Fund -- Creation -- Deposits.
330 (1) There is created a restricted special revenue fund known as the "Hospital Provider
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332 (2) The fund shall consist of:
333 (a) the assessments collected by the department under this chapter;
334 (b) any interest and penalties levied with the administration of this chapter; and
335 (c) any other funds received as donations for the restricted fund and appropriations
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343 Section 8. Section 26-36a-208 is amended to read:
344 26-36a-208. Repeal of assessment.
345 (1) The repeal of the assessment imposed by this chapter shall occur upon the
346 certification by the executive director of the department that the sooner of the following has
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348 (a) the effective date of any action by Congress that would disqualify the assessment
349 imposed by this chapter from counting towards state Medicaid funds available to be used to
350 determine the federal financial participation;
351 (b) the effective date of any decision, enactment, or other determination by the
352 Legislature or by any court, officer, department, or agency of the state, or of the federal
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354 (i) disqualifying the assessment from counting towards state Medicaid funds available
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356 (ii) creating for any reason a failure of the state to use the assessments for the Medicaid
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359 (i) an appropriation for any state fiscal year from the General Fund for hospital
360 payments under the state Medicaid program that is less than the amount appropriated for state
361 fiscal year 2012;
362 (ii) the annual revenues of the state General Fund budget return to the level that was
363 appropriated for fiscal year 2008;
364 (iii) approval of any change in the state Medicaid plan that requires a greater
365 percentage of Medicaid patients to enroll in Medicaid managed care plans than what is
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367 (A) to implement accountable care organizations in the state plan; and
368 (B) by other managed care enrollment requirements in effect on or before January 1,
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370 (iv) a division change in rules that reduces any of the following below July 1, 2011
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372 (A) aggregate hospital inpatient payments;
373 (B) adjustment payment rates; or
374 (C) any cost settlement protocol; or
375 (v) a division change in rules that reduces the aggregate outpatient payments below
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377 (d) the sunset of this chapter in accordance with Section 63I-1-226 .
378 (2) If the assessment is repealed under Subsection (1), money in the fund that was
379 derived from assessments imposed by this chapter, before the determination made under
380 Subsection (1), shall be disbursed under Section 26-36a-205 to the extent federal matching is
381 not reduced due to the impermissibility of the assessments. Any funds remaining in the special
382 revenue fund shall be refunded to the hospitals in proportion to the amount paid by each
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384 Section 9. Section 63I-1-226 is amended to read:
385 63I-1-226. Repeal dates, Title 26.
386 (1) Title 26, Chapter 9f, Utah Digital Health Service Commission Act, is repealed July
387 1, 2015.
388 (2) Section 26-18-12 , Expansion of 340B drug pricing programs, is repealed July 1,
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390 (3) Section 26-21-23 , Licensing of non-Medicaid nursing care facility beds, is repealed
391 July 1, 2016.
392 (4) Section 26-21-211 is repealed July 1, 2013.
393 (5) Title 26, Chapter 33a, Utah Health Data Authority Act, is repealed July 1, 2014.
394 (6) Title 26, Chapter 36a, Hospital Provider Assessment Act, is repealed July 1, [
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396 (7) Section 26-38-2.5 is repealed July 1, 2017.
397 (8) Section 26-38-2.6 is repealed July 1, 2017.
398 Section 10. Repealer.
399 This bill repeals:
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401 Section 11. Effective date.
402 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
403 on April 1, 2013.
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