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UTAH STATE SENATE

UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035     February 27, 2012

Mr. President:

    The Health and Human Services Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 179, HOSPITAL TAX ASSESSMENT, by Senator L. Hillyard, with the following amendments and recommends it be considered read for the second time and placed on the Consent Calendar.

1.    Page 2, Lines 50 through 51 :    

             50      additional amount from the assessment imposed under Subsection (2)(d)(i) in the amount of

  :

    (A)  

             51      $1,000,000 to offset Medicaid mandatory expenditures
  ; and

    (B) the non-federal share to seed amounts needed to support capitated rates for Accountable Care Organizations  
.


2.    Page 6, Lines 160 through 161 :    

             160      multiplied by the hospital's Medicaid inpatient payments for state fiscal year 2009
{   , exclusive of

             161      medical education and Medicaid disproportionate share payments  
}
; and

3.    Page 6, Lines 170 through 171 :    

             170      multiplied by the hospital's Medicaid inpatient payments for state fiscal year 2010
{   , exclusive of


             171
     medical education and Medicaid disproportionate share payments   }
.

        Respectfully,

        Allen M. Christensen
        Committee Chair

Voting: 5-0-0
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