S105 - 2021 Appropriations Act. (SL 2021-180)

Overview: Section 9D.13A of S.L. 2021-180 adds two new components to the modernized hospital assessments enacted in S.L. 2021-61. The new components increase the amount of the assessments collected from hospitals in order to fund other changes to the Medicaid program required by the act, as follows:

• The postpartum coverage component assesses hospitals for costs associated with the increase in postpartum Medicaid coverage required by Section 9D.13 of the act. The postpartum component is effective during the five-year period that the postpartum coverage is authorized by Section 9D.13 of the act and the American Rescue Plan Act.
• The home and community-based services (HCBS) component assesses hospitals, beginning April 1, 2024, for ongoing costs associated with the HCBS projects that are described in Section 9D.8 of the act and that are to be funded through March 30, 2024, with nonrecurring funds from the HCBS Fund.

The other changes to the modernized hospital assessments made in this section are technical.

This section became effective January 1, 2022.