FORTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE

SECOND SESSION, 2004

February 8, 2004

Mr. Speaker:

    Your APPROPRIATIONS AND FINANCE COMMITTEE, to whom has been referred

HOUSE BILL 395, as amended

has had it under consideration and reports same with recommendation that it DO PASS, amended as follows:

     1. On page 1, line 13, after the semicolon insert "PROVIDING FOR A RECALCULATION OF CERTAIN MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES;".

     2. On page 2, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following new section:

     "Section 3. [NEW MATERIAL] MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT RATES--RECALCULATION.--The human services department shall annually calculate a new medicaid reimbursement rate according to the current formula for nursing homes, intermediate care facilities for the mentally retarded and residential treatment centers.".

     3. Renumber the succeeding sections accordingly.