This document includes Senate 2nd and 3rd Reading Floor Amendments incorporated into the bill on Thu, Mar 8, 2018 at 8:31 PM by lpoole.
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7 LONG TITLE
8 General Description:
9 This bill creates a new waiver program to provide enhanced benefits for certain
10 individuals in the Medicaid program, and provides funding for the enhancement waiver
11 program through an existing hospital assessment and a portion of the growth in alcohol
12 and tobacco tax revenues.
13 Highlighted Provisions:
14 This bill:
15 ▸ directs the Department of Health to apply for a new waiver or an amendment to an
16 existing waiver to implement the Primary Care Network enhancement waiver
17 program described in this bill; Ŝ→ and ←Ŝ
18 ▸ amends the Inpatient Hospital Assessment Act to pay for the cost of the
19 enhancement waiver program Ŝ→ [
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21 taxes to pay for the cost of the enhancement waiver program.
22 Money Appropriated in this Bill:
23 None
24 Other Special Clauses:
25 This bill provides a special effective date.
26 This bill provides coordination clauses.
27 Utah Code Sections Affected:
28 AMENDS:
29 26-18-411, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
30 26-36b-102, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
31 26-36b-103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
32 26-36b-201, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
33 26-36b-202, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
34 26-36b-203, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
35 26-36b-204, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
36 26-36b-205, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
37 26-36b-206, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
38 26-36b-207, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
39 26-36b-208, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
40 26-36b-209, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
41 26-36b-210, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
42 26-36b-211, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
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44 59-14-204, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 168
45 63I-1-226, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2017, Chapters 177 and 443
46 ENACTS:
47 26-18-415, Utah Code Annotated 1953
48 Utah Code Sections Affected by Coordination Clause:
49 26-18-415, Utah Code Annotated 1953
50 26-36b-103, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
51 26-36b-201, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
52 26-36b-204, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
53 26-36b-206, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
54 26-36b-208, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
55 26-36b-209, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
56 26-36b-211, as enacted by Laws of Utah 2016, Chapter 279
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58 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
59 Section 1. Section 26-18-411 is amended to read:
60 26-18-411. Health coverage improvement program -- Eligibility -- Annual report
61 -- Expansion of eligibility for adults with dependent children.
62 (1) For purposes of this section:
63 (a) "Adult in the expansion population" means an individual who:
64 (i) is described in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396a(10)(A)(i)(VIII); and
65 (ii) is not otherwise eligible for Medicaid as a mandatory categorically needy
66 individual.
67 (b) "CMS" means the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services within the United
68 States Department of Health and Human Services.
69 (c) "Enhancement waiver program" means the Primary Care Network enhancement
70 waiver program described in Section 26-18-415.
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72 Secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. Sec.
73 9909(2).
74 (e) "Health coverage improvement program" means the health coverage improvement
75 program described in Subsections (3) through (10).
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77 (i) means an individual who is chronically homeless, as determined by the department;
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79 (ii) includes someone who was chronically homeless and is currently living in
80 supported housing for the chronically homeless.
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82 (i) established by the state in an appropriations act adopted pursuant to Title 63J,
83 Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act; and
84 (ii) under which an individual may qualify for Medicaid coverage in accordance with
85 this section.
86 (2) Beginning July 1, 2016, the department shall amend the state Medicaid plan to
87 allow temporary residential treatment for substance abuse, for the traditional Medicaid
88 population, in a short term, non-institutional, 24-hour facility, without a bed capacity limit that
89 provides rehabilitation services that are medically necessary and in accordance with an
90 individualized treatment plan, as approved by CMS and as long as the county makes the
91 required match under Section 17-43-201.
92 (3) Beginning July 1, 2016, the department shall amend the state Medicaid plan to
93 increase the income eligibility ceiling to a percentage of the federal poverty level designated by
94 the department, based on appropriations for the program, for an individual with a dependent
95 child.
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97 (4) Before July 1, 2016, the division shall submit to CMS a request for waivers, or an
98 amendment of existing waivers, from federal statutory and regulatory law necessary for the
99 state to implement the health coverage improvement program in the Medicaid program in
100 accordance with this section.
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102 meets the income eligibility and other criteria established under Subsection [
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104 coverage:
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106 Medicaid accountable care organizations or the state's Medicaid accountable care organization
107 delivery system, where implemented; [
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109 through the counties in accordance with Sections 17-43-201 and 17-43-301;
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111 Medicaid accountable care organizations in select geographic areas of the state that choose an
112 integrated model; and
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114 term, non-institutional, 24-hour facility, without a bed capacity limit, as approved by CMS, that
115 provides rehabilitation services that are medically necessary and in accordance with an
116 individualized treatment plan.
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118 care under Subsection [
119 patients, and coordination of services.
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122 (i) at the time of enrollment, the individual's annual income is below the income
123 eligibility ceiling established by the state under Subsection (1)[
124 (ii) the individual meets the eligibility criteria established by the department under
125 Subsection [
126 (b) Based on available funding and approval from CMS, the department shall select the
127 criteria for an individual to qualify for the Medicaid program under Subsection [
128 based on the following priority:
129 (i) a chronically homeless individual;
130 (ii) if funding is available, an individual:
131 (A) involved in the justice system through probation, parole, or court ordered
132 treatment; and
133 (B) in need of substance abuse treatment or mental health treatment, as determined by
134 the department; or
135 (iii) if funding is available, an individual in need of substance abuse treatment or
136 mental health treatment, as determined by the department.
137 (c) An individual who qualifies for Medicaid coverage under Subsections [
138 and (b) may remain on the Medicaid program for a 12-month certification period as defined by
139 the department. Eligibility changes made by the department under Subsection (1)[
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142 other eligibility criteria under Subsection [
143 health coverage improvement program, projected enrollment, costs to the state, and the state
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146 (8) Before September 30 of each year [
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148 Executive Appropriations Committee:
149 (a) the number of individuals who enrolled in Medicaid under Subsection [
150 (b) the state cost of providing Medicaid to individuals enrolled under Subsection [
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152 (c) recommendations for adjusting the income eligibility ceiling under Subsection [
153 (7), and other eligibility criteria under Subsection [
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165 when implemented, shall coordinate with a state prison or county jail to expedite Medicaid
166 enrollment for an individual who is released from custody and was eligible for or enrolled in
167 Medicaid before incarceration.
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169 to provide matching funds to the state for the cost of providing Medicaid services to newly
170 enrolled individuals who qualify for Medicaid coverage under the health coverage
171 improvement program under Subsection [
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181 (11) If the enhancement waiver program is implemented, the department:
182 (a) may not accept any new enrollees into the health coverage improvement program
183 after the day on which the enhancement waiver program is implemented;
184 (b) shall transition all individuals who are enrolled in the health coverage improvement
185 program into the enhancement waiver program;
186 (c) shall suspend the health coverage improvement program within one year after the
187 day on which the enhancement waiver program is implemented;
188 (d) shall, within one year after the day on which the enhancement waiver program is
189 implemented, use all appropriations for the health coverage improvement program to
190 implement the enhancement waiver program; and
191 (e) shall work with CMS to maintain any waiver for the health coverage improvement
192 program while the health coverage improvement program is suspended under Subsection
193 (11)(c).
194 (12) If, after the enhancement waiver program takes effect, the enhancement waiver
195 program is repealed or suspended by either the state or federal government, the department
196 shall reinstate the health coverage improvement program and continue to accept new enrollees
197 into the health coverage improvement program in accordance with the provisions of this
198 section.
199 Section 2. Section 26-18-415 is enacted to read:
200 26-18-415. Primary Care Network enhancement waiver program.
201 (1) As used in this section:
202 (a) "CMS" means the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services within the United
203 States Department of Health and Human Services.
204 (b) "Enhancement waiver program" means the Primary Care Network enhancement
205 waiver program described in this section.
206 (c) "Federal poverty level" means the poverty guidelines established by the secretary of
207 the United States Department of Health and Human Services under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 9902(2).
208 (d) "Health coverage improvement program" means the same as that term is defined in
209 Section 26-18-411.
210 (e) "Income eligibility ceiling" means the percentage of federal poverty level:
211 (i) established by the Legislature in an appropriations act adopted pursuant to Title 63J,
212 Chapter 1, Budgetary Procedures Act; and
213 (ii) under which an individual may qualify for coverage in the enhancement waiver
214 program in accordance with this section.
215 (f) "Optional population" means the optional expansion population under PPACA if
216 the expansion provides coverage for individuals at or above 95% of the federal poverty level.
217 (g) "PPACA" means the same as that term is defined in Section 31A-1-301.
218 (h) "Primary Care Network" means the state Primary Care Network program created by
219 the Medicaid primary care network demonstration waiver obtained under Section 26-18-3.
220 (2) The department shall continue to implement the Primary Care Network program for
221 qualified individuals under the Primary Care Network program.
222 (3) Before July 1, 2018, the division shall apply for a Medicaid waiver or a state plan
223 amendment with CMS to implement, within the state Medicaid program, the enhancement
224 waiver program described in this section.
225 (4) An individual who is eligible for the enhancement waiver program may receive the
226 following benefits under the enhancement waiver program:
227 (a) the benefits offered under the Primary Care Network program;
228 (b) diagnostic testing and procedures;
229 (c) medical specialty care;
230 (d) inpatient hospital services;
231 (e) outpatient hospital services;
232 (f) outpatient behavioral health care, including outpatient substance abuse care; and
233 (g) for an individual who qualifies for the health coverage improvement program, as
234 approved by CMS, temporary residential treatment for substance abuse in a short term,
235 non-institutional, 24-hour facility, without a bed capacity limit, that provides rehabilitation
236 services that are medically necessary and in accordance with an individualized treatment plan.
237 (5) An individual is eligible for the enhancement waiver program if, at the time of
238 enrollment:
239 (a) the individual is qualified to enroll in the Primary Care Network or the health
240 coverage improvement program;
241 (b) the individual's annual income is below the income eligibility ceiling established by
242 the Legislature under Subsection (1)(e); and
243 (c) the individual meets the eligibility criteria established by the department under
244 Subsection (6).
245 (6) (a) Based on available funding and approval from CMS and subject to Subsection
246 (6)(d), the department shall determine the criteria for an individual to qualify for the
247 enhancement waiver program, based on the following priority:
248 (i) adults in the expansion population, as defined in Section 26-18-411, who qualify for
249 the health coverage improvement program;
250 (ii) adults with dependent children who qualify for the health coverage improvement
251 program under Subsection 26-18-411(3) ;
252 (iii) adults with dependent children who do not qualify for the health coverage
253 improvement program; and
254 (iv) if funding is available, adults without dependent children.
255 (b) The number of individuals enrolled in the enhancement waiver program may not
256 exceed 105% of the number of individuals who were enrolled in the Primary Care Network on
257 December 31, 2017.
258 (c) The department may only use appropriations from the Medicaid Expansion Fund
259 created in Section 26-36b-208 to fund the state portion of the enhancement waiver program.
260 (d) The money deposited into the Medicaid Expansion Fund under Subsections
261 26-36b-208(g) and (h) may only be used to pay the cost of enrolling individuals who qualify for
262 the enhancement waiver program under Subsections (6)(a)(iii) and (iv).
263 (7) The department may request a modification of the income eligibility ceiling and the
264 eligibility criteria under Subsection (6) from CMS each fiscal year based on enrollment in the
265 enhancement waiver program, projected enrollment in the enhancement waiver program, costs
266 to the state, and the state budget.
267 (8) The department may implement the enhancement waiver program by contracting
268 with Medicaid accountable care organizations to administer the enhancement waiver program.
269 (9) In accordance with Subsections 26-18-411(11) and (12), the department may use
270 funds that have been appropriated for the health coverage improvement program to implement
271 the enhancement waiver program.
272 (10) If the department expands the state Medicaid program to the optional population,
273 the department:
274 (a) except as provided in Subsection (11), may not accept any new enrollees into the
275 enhancement waiver program after the day on which the expansion to the optional population
276 is effective;
277 (b) shall suspend the enhancement waiver program within one year after the day on
278 which the expansion to the optional population is effective; and
279 (c) shall work with CMS to maintain the waiver for the enhancement waiver program
280 submitted under Subsection (3) while the enhancement waiver program is suspended under
281 Subsection (10)(b).
282 (11) If, after the expansion to the optional population described in Subsection (10)
283 takes effect, the expansion to the optional population is repealed by either the state or the
284 federal government, the department shall reinstate the enhancement waiver program and
285 continue to accept new enrollees into the enhancement waiver program in accordance with the
286 provisions of this section.
287 Section 3. Section 26-36b-102 is amended to read:
288 26-36b-102. Application.
289 (1) Other than for the imposition of the assessment described in this chapter, nothing in
290 this chapter shall affect the nonprofit or tax exempt status of any nonprofit charitable, religious,
291 or educational health care provider under any:
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298 imposed, by the state or any political subdivision[
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300 (2) All assessments paid under this chapter may be included as an allowable cost of a
301 hospital for purposes of any applicable Medicaid reimbursement formula.
302 (3) This chapter does not authorize a political subdivision of the state to:
303 (a) license a hospital for revenue;
304 (b) impose a tax or assessment upon a hospital; or
305 (c) impose a tax or assessment measured by the income or earnings of a hospital.
306 Section 4. Section 26-36b-103 is amended to read:
307 26-36b-103. Definitions.
308 As used in this chapter:
309 (1) "Assessment" means the inpatient hospital assessment established by this chapter.
310 (2) "CMS" means the [
311 Medicare and Medicaid Services within the United States Department of Health and Human
312 Services.
313 (3) "Discharges" means the number of total hospital discharges reported on:
314 (a) Worksheet S-3 Part I, column 15, lines 14, 16, and 17 of the 2552-10 Medicare cost
315 report for the applicable assessment year; or
316 (b) a similar report adopted by the department by administrative rule, if the report
317 under Subsection (3)(a) is no longer available.
318 (4) "Division" means the Division of Health Care Financing within the department.
319 (5) "Enhancement waiver program" means the program established by the Primary
320 Care Network enhancement waiver program described in Section 26-18-415.
321 (6) "Health coverage improvement program" means the health coverage improvement
322 program described in Section 26-18-411.
323 (7) "Hospital share" means the hospital share described in Section 26-36b-203.
324 (8) "Medicaid accountable care organization" means a managed care organization, as
325 defined in 42 C.F.R. Sec. 438, that contracts with the department under the provisions of
326 Section 26-18-405.
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328 filing of hospitals.
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330 non-state government entity[
331 (b) "Non-state government hospital" does not include:
332 (i) the Utah State Hospital; or
333 (ii) a hospital owned by the federal government, including the Veterans Administration
334 Hospital.
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337 Section 26-21-2, that is privately owned and operating in the state; and
338 (ii) a privately owned specialty hospital operating in the state, [
339 including a privately owned hospital whose inpatient admissions are predominantly for:
340 (A) rehabilitation;
341 (B) psychiatric care;
342 (C) chemical dependency services; or
343 (D) long-term acute care services[
344 (b) "Private hospital" does not include a facility for residential [
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347 an institution of higher education.
348 (13) "Upper payment limit gap" means the difference between the private hospital
349 outpatient upper payment limit and the private hospital Medicaid outpatient payments, as
350 determined in accordance with 42 C.F.R. Sec. 447.321.
351 Section 5. Section 26-36b-201 is amended to read:
352 26-36b-201. Assessment.
353 (1) An assessment is imposed on each private hospital:
354 (a) beginning upon the later of CMS approval of:
355 (i) the health coverage improvement program waiver under Section 26-18-411; and
356 (ii) the assessment under this chapter;
357 (b) in the amount designated in Sections 26-36b-204 and 26-36b-205; and
358 (c) in accordance with Section 26-36b-202.
359 (2) Subject to Section 26-36b-203, the assessment imposed by this chapter is due and
360 payable on a quarterly basis, after payment of the outpatient upper payment limit supplemental
361 payments under Section 26-36b-210 have been paid.
362 (3) The first quarterly payment [
363 the earlier of the effective [
364 (a) the health coverage improvement program [
365 (b) the enhancement waiver program.
366 Section 6. Section 26-36b-202 is amended to read:
367 26-36b-202. Collection of assessment -- Deposit of revenue -- Rulemaking.
368 (1) The collecting agent for the assessment imposed under Section 26-36b-201 is the
369 department.
370 (2) The department is vested with the administration and enforcement of this chapter,
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372 Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, necessary to:
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374 (a) collect the assessment, intergovernmental transfers, and penalties imposed under
375 this chapter;
376 (b) audit records of a facility that:
377 (i) is subject to the assessment imposed by this chapter; and
378 (ii) does not file a Medicare cost report; and
379 (c) select a report similar to the Medicare cost report if Medicare no longer uses a
380 Medicare cost report.
381 (2) The department shall:
382 (a) administer the assessment in this [
383 assessment in Chapter 36a, Hospital Provider Assessment Act; and
384 (b) deposit assessments collected under this chapter into the Medicaid Expansion Fund
385 created by Section 26-36b-208.
386 Section 7. Section 26-36b-203 is amended to read:
387 26-36b-203. Quarterly notice.
388 (1) Quarterly assessments imposed by this chapter shall be paid to the division within
389 15 business days after the original invoice date that appears on the invoice issued by the
390 division.
391 (2) The department may, by rule, extend the time for paying the assessment.
392 Section 8. Section 26-36b-204 is amended to read:
393 26-36b-204. Hospital financing of health coverage improvement program
394 Medicaid waiver -- Hospital share.
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396 (1) The hospital share is:
397 (a) 45% of the state's net cost of[
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399 with dependent children up to the federal poverty level designated under Section 26-18-411;
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402 (b) 45% of the state's net cost of the enhancement waiver program; and
403 (c) 45% of the state's net cost of the upper payment limit gap.
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405 (2) (a) The hospital share is capped at no more than $13,600,000 annually, consisting
406 of:
407 (i) an $11,900,000 cap [
408 Subsections (1)(a)[
409 (ii) a $1,700,000 cap for the program specified in Subsection [
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411 (b) The department shall prorate the cap described in Subsection (2)(a) in any year in
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415 expansion described in Section 26-18-411[
416 26-18-415, the hospital share is capped at 33% of the state's share of the cost of the expansion
417 or enhancement that is in addition to the [
418 26-18-415.
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420 (3) Private hospitals shall be assessed under this chapter for:
421 (a) 69% of the portion of the hospital share specified in Subsections (1)(a)[
422 and (b); and
423 (b) 100% of the portion of the hospital share specified in Subsection (1)[
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426 cost of the programs described in Subsections (1)(a)[
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428 (b) If the assessment collected in the previous fiscal year is above or below the [
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430 hospitals for the previous fiscal year, the underpayment or overpayment of the assessment by
431 the private hospitals shall be applied to the fiscal year in which the report [
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433 each year, report to the department the following data from the prior state fiscal year for each
434 private hospital, state teaching hospital, and non-state government hospital provider that the
435 Medicaid accountable care organization contracts with:
436 (a) for the traditional Medicaid population[
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438 (i) hospital inpatient payments;
439 (ii) hospital inpatient discharges;
440 (iii) hospital inpatient days; and
441 (iv) hospital outpatient payments; and
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444 (b) if the Medicaid accountable care organization enrolls any individuals in the health
445 coverage improvement program or the enhancement waiver program, for the population newly
446 eligible for either program:
447 (i) hospital inpatient payments;
448 (ii) hospital inpatient discharges;
449 (iii) hospital inpatient days; and
450 (iv) hospital outpatient payments.
451 (6) The department shall, by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
452 Administrative Rulemaking Act, provide details surrounding specific content and format for
453 the reporting by the Medicaid accountable care organization.
454 Section 9. Section 26-36b-205 is amended to read:
455 26-36b-205. Calculation of assessment.
456 (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), an annual assessment is payable on a
457 quarterly basis for each private hospital in an amount calculated by the division at a uniform
458 assessment rate for each hospital discharge, in accordance with this section.
459 (b) A private teaching hospital with more than 425 beds and 60 residents shall pay an
460 assessment rate [
461 (c) The division shall calculate the uniform assessment rate [
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464 by dividing the hospital share for assessed private hospitals, described in Subsection
465 26-36b-204(1), by the sum of:
466 (i) the total number of discharges for assessed private hospitals that are not a private
467 teaching hospital; and
468 (ii) 2.5 times the number of discharges for a private teaching hospital, described in
469 Subsection (1)(b).
470 (d) The division may, by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
471 Administrative Rulemaking Act, adjust the formula described in Subsection (1)(c) to address
472 unforeseen circumstances in the administration of the assessment under this chapter.
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474 uniformly to all assessed private hospitals.
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479 (2) Except as provided in Subsection (3), for each state fiscal year, the division shall
480 determine a hospital's discharges as follows:
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482 year ending between July 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014; and
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484 hospital's fiscal year that ended in the state fiscal year two years before the assessment fiscal
485 year.
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488 System file:
489 (i) the hospital shall submit to the division a copy of the hospital's Medicare cost report
490 applicable to the assessment year; and
491 (ii) the division shall determine the hospital's discharges.
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493 a Medicare cost report:
494 (i) the hospital shall submit to the division the hospital's applicable fiscal year
495 discharges with supporting documentation;
496 (ii) the division shall determine the hospital's discharges from the information
497 submitted under Subsection [
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499 hospital's records and a penalty equal to 5% of the calculated assessment.
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501 organization that owns more than one hospital in the state:
502 (a) the assessment for each hospital shall be separately calculated by the department;
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504 (b) each separate hospital shall pay the assessment imposed by this chapter.
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506 (5) If multiple hospitals use the same Medicaid provider number:
507 (a) the department shall calculate the assessment in the aggregate for the hospitals
508 using the same Medicaid provider number; and
509 (b) the hospitals may pay the assessment in the aggregate.
510 Section 10. Section 26-36b-206 is amended to read:
511 26-36b-206. State teaching hospital and non-state government hospital
512 mandatory intergovernmental transfer.
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514 intergovernmental transfer to the Medicaid Expansion Fund created in Section 26-36b-208, in
515 accordance with this section.
516 (2) The [
517 shall pay the intergovernmental transfer beginning on the later of CMS approval of:
518 (a) the health improvement program waiver under Section 26-18-411; or
519 (b) the assessment for private hospitals in this chapter[
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521 (3) The intergovernmental transfer [
522 as follows:
523 (a) the state teaching hospital is responsible for:
524 (i) 30% of the portion of the hospital share specified in Subsections
525 26-36b-204(1)(a)[
526 (ii) 0% of the hospital share specified in Subsection 26-36b-204(1)[
527 (b) non-state government hospitals are responsible for:
528 (i) 1% of the portion of the hospital share specified in Subsections 26-36b-204(1)(a)[
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530 (ii) 0% of the hospital share specified in Subsection 26-36b-204(1)[
531 (4) The department shall, by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
532 Administrative Rulemaking Act, designate:
533 (a) the method of calculating the [
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535 (b) the schedule for the intergovernmental transfers.
536 Section 11. Section 26-36b-207 is amended to read:
537 26-36b-207. Penalties.
538 (1) A hospital that fails to pay [
539 intergovernmental transfer, or file a return as required under this chapter, within the time
540 required by this chapter, shall pay penalties described in this section, in addition to the
541 assessment or intergovernmental transfer[
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546 mandated intergovernmental transfer, the department shall add to the assessment or
547 intergovernmental transfer:
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549 date; and
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551 the penalty imposed under Subsection (2)[
552 on:
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556 shown, the division may waive, reduce, or compromise any of the penalties imposed under this
557 chapter.
558 Section 12. Section 26-36b-208 is amended to read:
559 26-36b-208. Medicaid Expansion Fund.
560 (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Medicaid
561 Expansion Fund.
562 (2) The fund consists of:
563 (a) assessments collected under this chapter;
564 (b) intergovernmental transfers under Section 26-36b-206;
565 (c) savings attributable to the health coverage improvement program [
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567 (d) savings attributable to the enhancement waiver program as determined by the
568 department;
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570 drug list under Subsection 26-18-2.4(3) as determined by the department;
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572 Plan under Subsection 49-20-401(1)(u);
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574 (h) the amount transferred under Subsection 59-14-204(6);
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576 the fund from private sources; [
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579 (3) (a) The fund shall earn interest.
580 (b) All interest earned on fund money shall be deposited into the fund.
581 (4) (a) A state agency administering the provisions of this chapter may use money from
582 the fund to pay the costs [
583 sources, of:
584 (i) the health coverage improvement [
585 program;
586 (ii) the enhancement waiver program; and
587 (iii) the outpatient [
588 26-36b-210[
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590 (b) A state agency administering the provisions of this chapter may not use:
591 (i) funds described in Subsection (2)(b) [
592 outpatient [
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594 described in Subsection (4)(a).
595 Section 13. Section 26-36b-209 is amended to read:
596 26-36b-209. Hospital reimbursement.
597 (1) [
598 program is implemented by contracting with a Medicaid accountable care organization, the
599 department shall, to the extent allowed by law, include, in a contract [
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601 program or the enhancement waiver program, a requirement that the Medicaid accountable care
602 organization reimburse hospitals in the accountable care organization's provider network[
603 no less than the Medicaid fee-for-service rate.
604 (2) If the health coverage improvement program or the enhancement waiver program is
605 implemented by the department as a fee-for-service program, the department shall reimburse
606 hospitals at no less than the Medicaid fee-for-service rate.
607 (3) Nothing in this section prohibits a Medicaid accountable care organization from
608 paying a rate that exceeds the Medicaid fee-for-service [
609 Section 14. Section 26-36b-210 is amended to read:
610 26-36b-210. Outpatient upper payment limit supplemental payments.
611 [
612
613
614 [
615 and for each subsequent fiscal year [
616 upper payment limit program for private hospitals that shall supplement the reimbursement to
617 private hospitals in accordance with Subsection [
618 [
619 under Subsection [
620 (a) does not exceed the positive [
621 (b) [
622 [
623
624 Subsection [
625 [
626
627 (a) July 1, 2016;
628 (b) the effective date of the Medicaid state plan amendment necessary to implement the
629 payments under this section; or
630 (c) the effective date of the coverage provided through the health coverage
631 improvement program [
632 Section 15. Section 26-36b-211 is amended to read:
633 26-36b-211. Repeal of assessment.
634 (1) The [
635
636
637 [
638 (a) the executive director certifies that:
639 (i) action by Congress [
640 assessment imposed by this chapter from counting toward state Medicaid funds available to be
641 used to determine the amount of federal financial participation;
642 [
643 (ii) a decision, enactment, or other determination by the Legislature or by any court,
644 officer, department, or agency of the state, or of the federal government, [
645 is in effect that:
646 [
647 Medicaid funds available to be used to determine federal financial participation for Medicaid
648 matching funds; or
649 [
650 at least one of the Medicaid [
651 [
652 (iii) a change is in effect that reduces the aggregate hospital inpatient and outpatient
653 payment rate below the aggregate hospital inpatient and outpatient payment rate for July 1,
654 2015; [
655 [
656 [
657
658
659
660
661
662 (2) If the assessment is repealed under Subsection (1):
663 (a) the division may not collect any assessment or intergovernmental transfer under this
664 chapter;
665 (b) the department shall disburse money in the special Medicaid Expansion Fund in
666 accordance with the requirements in Subsection 26-36b-208(4), to the extent federal matching
667 is not reduced by CMS due to the repeal of the assessment;
668 (c) any money remaining in the Medicaid Expansion Fund after the disbursement
669 described in Subsection (2)(b) that was derived from assessments imposed by this chapter shall
670 be refunded to the hospitals in proportion to the amount paid by each hospital for the last three
671 fiscal years; and
672 (d) any money remaining in the Medicaid Expansion Fund after the disbursements
673 described in Ŝ→ [
673a Fund by the end of
674 the fiscal year that the assessment is suspended.
675 Ŝ→ [
676 32B-2-301. State property -- Liquor Control Fund -- Markup Holding Fund.☆
677 ☆ (1) The following are property of the state:
678 (a) the money received in the administration of this title, except as otherwise provided;
679 and
680 (b) property acquired, administered, possessed, or received by the department.
681 (2) (a) There is created an enterprise fund known as the "Liquor Control Fund."
682 (b) Except as provided in Sections 32B-3-205 and 32B-2-304, money received in the
683 administration of this title shall be transferred to the Liquor Control Fund.
684 (3) (a) There is created an enterprise fund known as the "Markup Holding Fund."
685 (b) In accordance with Section 32B-2-304, the State Tax Commission shall deposit
686 revenue remitted to the State Tax Commission from the markup imposed under Section
687 32B-2-304 into the Markup Holding Fund.
688 (c) Money deposited into the Markup Holding Fund may be expended:
689 (i) to the extent appropriated by the Legislature; and
690 (ii) to fund the deposits required by Subsection 32B-2-304(4) and Subsection
691 32B-2-305(4).
692 (4) The department may draw from the Liquor Control Fund only to the extent
693 appropriated by the Legislature or provided for by statute, except that the department may draw
694 by warrant without an appropriation from the Liquor Control Fund for an expenditure that is
695 directly incurred by the department:
696 (a) to purchase an alcoholic product;
697 (b) to transport an alcoholic product from the supplier to a warehouse of the
698 department; and
699 (c) for variances related to an alcoholic product.
700 (5) (a) As used in this Subsection (5), "base budget" means the same as that term is
701 defined in legislative rule.
702 (b) The department's base budget shall include as an appropriation from the Liquor
703 Control Fund:
704 (i) credit card related fees paid by the department;
705 (ii) package agency compensation; and
706 (iii) the department's costs of shipping and warehousing alcoholic products.
707 (6) Before the transfer required by Subsection (7), the department may retain each☆
708 ☆fiscal year from the Liquor Control Fund $1,000,000 that the department may use for:
709 (a) capital equipment purchases;
710 (b) salary increases for department employees;
711 (c) performance awards for department employees; or
712 (d) information technology enhancements because of changes or trends in technology.
713 (7) [The] (a) Except as provided in Subsection (7)(b), the department shall transfer
714 annually from the Liquor Control Fund and the State Tax Commission shall transfer annually
715 from the Markup Holding Fund to the General Fund a sum equal to the amount of net profit
716 earned from the sale of liquor since the preceding transfer of money under this Subsection (7).
717 The transfers shall be calculated by no later than September 1 and made by no later than
718 September 30 after a fiscal year. The Division of Finance may make year-end closing entries in
719 the Liquor Control Fund and the Markup Holding Fund in order to comply with Subsection
720 51-5-6(2).
721 (b) Subject to Subsection (7)(c), and in accordance with Subsection 26-36b-208(2)(f),
722 for each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2019, the department and the Division of Finance
723 shall transfer to the Medicaid Expansion Fund, created in Section 26-36b-208, any amount
724 described in Subsection (7)(a) in excess of the amount transferred by the department or the
725 Division of Finance in fiscal year 2018.
726 (c) The annual transfer to the Medicaid Expansion Fund, described in Subsection
727 (7)(b), shall be capped at:
728 (i) for fiscal year 2019, $1,150,000; and
729 (ii) for a fiscal year beginning after fiscal year 2019, $2,400,000.
730 (8) (a) By the end of each day, the department shall:
731 (i) make a deposit to a qualified depository, as defined in Section 51-7-3; and
732 (ii) report the deposit to the state treasurer.
733 (b) A commissioner or department employee is not personally liable for a loss caused
734 by the default or failure of a qualified depository.
735 (c) Money deposited in a qualified depository is entitled to the same priority of
736 payment as other public funds of the state.
737 (9) If the cash balance of the Liquor Control Fund is not adequate to cover a warrant
738 drawn against the Liquor Control Fund by the department, the cash resources of the General☆
739 ☆Fund may be used to the extent necessary. At no time may the fund equity of the Liquor
740 Control Fund fall below zero.
741 Section 17. Section 59-14-204 is amended to read:
742 59-14-204. Tax basis -- Rate -- Future increase -- Cigarette Tax Restricted
743 Account -- Appropriation and expenditure of revenues.
744 (1) Except for cigarettes described under Subsection 59-14-210(3), there is levied a tax
745 upon the sale, use, storage, or distribution of cigarettes in the state.
746 (2) The rates of the tax levied under Subsection (1) are, beginning on July 1, 2010:
747 (a) 8.5 cents on each cigarette, for all cigarettes weighing not more than three pounds
748 per thousand cigarettes; and
749 (b) 9.963 cents on each cigarette, for all cigarettes weighing in excess of three pounds
750 per thousand cigarettes.
751 (3) Except as otherwise provided under this chapter, the tax levied under Subsection
752 (1) shall be paid by any person who is the manufacturer, jobber, importer, distributor,
753 wholesaler, retailer, user, or consumer.
754 (4) The tax rates specified in this section shall be increased by the commission by the
755 same amount as any future reduction in the federal excise tax on cigarettes.
756 (5) (a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the
757 "Cigarette Tax Restricted Account."
758 (b) The Cigarette Tax Restricted Account consists of:
759 (i) the first $7,950,000 of the revenues collected from a tax under this section; and
760 (ii) any other appropriations the Legislature makes to the Cigarette Tax Restricted
761 Account.
762 (c) For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2011-12 and subject to appropriation
763 by the Legislature, the Division of Finance shall distribute money from the Cigarette Tax
764 Restricted Account as follows:
765 (i) $250,000 to the Department of Health to be expended for a tobacco prevention and
766 control media campaign targeted towards children;
767 (ii) $2,900,000 to the Department of Health to be expended for tobacco prevention,
768 reduction, cessation, and control programs;
769 (iii) $2,000,000 to the University of Utah Health Sciences Center for the Huntsman☆
770 ☆Cancer Institute to be expended for cancer research; and
771 (iv) $2,800,000 to the University of Utah Health Sciences Center to be expended for
772 medical education at the University of Utah School of Medicine.
773 (d) In determining how to appropriate revenue deposited into the Cigarette Tax
774 Restricted Account that is not otherwise appropriated under Subsection (5)(c), the Legislature
775 shall give particular consideration to enhancing Medicaid provider reimbursement rates and
776 medical coverage for the uninsured.
777 (6) (a) For each fiscal year beginning with fiscal year 2019, the State Tax Commission
778 shall distribute to the Medicaid Expansion Fund, created in Section 26-36b-208, any revenues
779 collected from a tax under this section in excess of the revenues collected from a tax under this
780 section in fiscal year 2018.
781 (b) The distribution in Subsection (6)(a) shall occur after the distributions described in
782 Subsections (5)(b)(i) and (5)(c).] ←Ŝ
783 Section Ŝ→ [
784 63I-1-226. Repeal dates, Title 26.
785 (1) Section 26-1-40 is repealed July 1, 2019.
786 (2) Title 26, Chapter 9f, Utah Digital Health Service Commission Act, is repealed July
787 1, 2025.
788 (3) Section 26-10-11 is repealed July 1, 2020.
789 (4) Title 26, Chapter 33a, Utah Health Data Authority Act, is repealed July 1, 2024.
790 (5) Title 26, Chapter 36a, Hospital Provider Assessment Act, is repealed July 1, 2019.
791 (6) Title 26, Chapter 36b, Inpatient Hospital Assessment Act, is repealed July 1, 2021.
792 [
793 [
794 [
795 Section Ŝ→ [
796 If approved by two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, this bill takes effect
797 upon approval by the governor, or the day following the constitutional time limit of Utah
798 Constitution, Article VII, Section 8, without the governor's signature, or in the case of a veto,
799 the date of veto override.
800 Section Ŝ→ [
800a substantive and
801 technical amendments.
802 If this H.B. 325 and H.B. 14, Substance Abuse Treatment Facility Patient Brokering,
803 both pass and become law, it is the intent of the Legislature that the amendments to Section
804 26-36b-103 in this bill supersede the amendments to Section 26-36b-103 in H.B. 14, when the
805 Office of Legislative Research and General Counsel prepares the Utah Code database for
806 publication.
807 Section Ŝ→ [
807a technical
808 amendments.
809 If this H.B. 325 and H.B. 472, Medicaid Expansion Revisions, both pass and become
810 law, it is the intent of the Legislature that the Office of Legislative Research and General
811 Counsel shall prepare the Utah Code database for publication by making the following
812 changes:
813 (1) modifying Subsection 26-18-415(3) to read:
814 "(3) (a) The division shall apply for a Medicaid waiver or a state plan amendment with
815 CMS to implement, within the state Medicaid program, the enhancement waiver program
816 described in this section within six months after the day on which:
817 (i) the division receives a notice from CMS that the waiver for the Medicaid waiver
818 expansion submitted under Section 26-18-415, Medicaid waiver expansion, will not be
819 approved; or
820 (ii) the division withdraws the waiver for the Medicaid waiver expansion submitted
821 under Section 26-18-415, Medicaid waiver expansion.
822 (b) The division may not apply for a waiver under Subsection (3)(a) while a waiver
823 request under Section 26-18-415, Medicaid waiver expansion, is pending with CMS.";
824 (2) modifying Subsection 26-36b-201(3) to read:
825 "(3) The first quarterly payment [
826 after the earlier of the effective [
827 (a) the health coverage improvement program [
828 (b) the enhancement waiver program; or
829 (c) the Medicaid waiver expansion.";
830 (3) modifying Section 26-36b-204 to read:
831 "26-36b-204. Hospital financing of health coverage improvement program
832 Medicaid waiver -- Hospital share.
833 [
834 (1) The hospital share is:
835 (a) 45% of the state's net cost of[
836 [
837 with dependent children up to the federal poverty level designated under Section 26-18-411;
838 [
839 [
840 (b) 45% of the state's net cost of the enhancement waiver program;
841 (c) if the waiver for the Medicaid waiver expansion is approved, $11,900,000; and
842 (d) 45% of the state's net cost of the upper payment limit gap.
843 [
844 (2) (a) The hospital share is capped at no more than $13,600,000 annually, consisting
845 of:
846 (i) an $11,900,000 cap [
847 Subsections (1)(a)[
848 (ii) a $1,700,000 cap for the program specified in Subsection [
849 [
850 (b) The department shall prorate the cap described in Subsection (2)(a) in any year in
851 which the programs specified in Ŝ→ [
851a not in effect for the full fiscal
852 year[
853 [
854
855
856 [
857 (3) Private hospitals shall be assessed under this chapter for:
858 (a) 69% of the portion of the hospital share for the programs specified in Subsections
859 (1)(a)[
860 (b) 100% of the portion of the hospital share specified in Subsection [
861 [
862 October 15 of each subsequent year [
863 cost of each of the programs described in Subsections (1)(a)[
864 effect for that year.
865 (b) If the assessment collected in the previous fiscal year is above or below the [
866
867 hospitals for the previous fiscal year, the underpayment or overpayment of the assessment by
868 the private hospitals shall be applied to the fiscal year in which the report [
869 [
870 each year, report to the department the following data from the prior state fiscal year for each
871 private hospital, state teaching hospital, and non-state government hospital provider that the
872 Medicaid accountable care organization contracts with:
873 (a) for the traditional Medicaid population[
874
875 (i) hospital inpatient payments;
876 (ii) hospital inpatient discharges;
877 (iii) hospital inpatient days; and
878 (iv) hospital outpatient payments; and
879 [
880
881 (b) if the Medicaid accountable care organization enrolls any individuals in the health
882 coverage improvement program, the enhancement waiver program, or the Medicaid waiver
883 expansion, for the population newly eligible for any of those programs:
884 (i) hospital inpatient payments;
885 (ii) hospital inpatient discharges;
886 (iii) hospital inpatient days; and
887 (iv) hospital outpatient payments.
888 (6) The department shall, by rule made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah
889 Administrative Rulemaking Act, provide details surrounding specific content and format for
890 the reporting by the Medicaid accountable care organization.";
891 (4) modifying Subsection 26-36b-206(3) to read:
892 "(3) The intergovernmental transfer [
893 as follows:
894 (a) the state teaching hospital is responsible for:
895 (i) 30% of the portion of the hospital share specified in Subsections
896 26-36b-204(1)(a)[
897 (ii) 0% of the hospital share specified in Subsection 26-36b-204(1)[
898 (b) non-state government hospitals are responsible for:
899 (i) 1% of the portion of the hospital share specified in Subsections 26-36b-204(1)(a)[
900
901 (ii) 0% of the hospital share specified in Subsection 26-36b-204(1)[
902 (5) modifying Section 26-36b-208 to read:
903 "26-36b-208. Medicaid Expansion Fund.
904 (1) There is created an expendable special revenue fund known as the Medicaid
905 Expansion Fund.
906 (2) The fund consists of:
907 (a) assessments collected under this chapter;
908 (b) intergovernmental transfers under Section 26-36b-206;
909 (c) savings attributable to the health coverage improvement program [
910
911 (d) savings attributable to the enhancement waiver program as determined by the
912 department;
913 (e) savings attributable to the Medicaid waiver expansion as determined by the
914 department;
915 [
916 drug list under Subsection 26-18-2.4(3) as determined by the department;
917 [
918 Plan under Subsection 49-20-401(1)(u);
919 Ŝ→ [
920 (i) the amount transferred under Subsection 59-14-204(6);
921 [
921a made to
922 the fund from private sources; [
923 Ŝ→ [
924 [
925 (3) (a) The fund shall earn interest.
926 (b) All interest earned on fund money shall be deposited into the fund.
927 (4) (a) A state agency administering the provisions of this chapter may use money from
928 the fund to pay the costs [
929 sources, of:
930 (i) the health coverage improvement [
931 program;
932 (ii) the enhancement waiver program;
933 (iii) the Medicaid waiver expansion; and
934 (iv) the outpatient [
935 26-36b-210[
936
937 (b) A state agency administering the provisions of this chapter may not use:
938 (i) funds described in Subsection (2)(b) may be used to pay the cost of private
939 outpatient [
940 [
941 described in Subsection (4)(a).";
942 (6) modifying Section 26-36b-209 to read:
943 "26-36b-209. Hospital reimbursement.
944 (1) [
945 program, or the Medicaid waiver expansion is implemented by contracting with a Medicaid
946 accountable care organization, the department shall, to the extent allowed by law, include, in a
947 contract [
948 coverage improvement program, the enhancement waiver program, or the Medicaid waiver
949 expansion, a requirement that the Medicaid accountable care organization reimburse hospitals
950 in the accountable care organization's provider network[
951 fee-for-service rate.
952 (2) If the health coverage improvement program, the enhancement waiver program, or
953 the Medicaid waiver expansion is implemented by the department as a fee-for-service program,
954 the department shall reimburse hospitals at no less than the Medicaid fee-for-service rate.
955 (3) Nothing in this section prohibits a Medicaid accountable care organization from
956 paying a rate that exceeds the Medicaid fee-for-service [
957 (7) Section 26-36b-211 in this H.B. 325 supersedes Section 26-36b-211 in H.B. 472.
958 Section Ŝ→ [
958a substantive and
959 technical amendments.
960 If this H.B. 325 and S.B. 125, Child Welfare Amendments, both pass and become law,
961 it is the intent of the Legislature that the amendments to Section 26-36b-103 in this bill
962 supersede the amendments to Section 26-36b-103 in S.B.125, when the Office of Legislative
963 Research and General Counsel prepares the Utah Code database for publication.