H259 - 2023 Appropriations Act. (SL 2023-134)

Overview: Section 9E.27 of S.L. 2023-134 requires the Division of Health Benefits (DHB), Department of Health and Human Services, to develop a proposal to allow freestanding psychiatric hospitals to receive reimbursements through the healthcare access and stabilization program (HASP) that are contingent upon the receipt of the nonfederal share of the reimbursements through hospital assessments in which those hospitals would participate. DHB must submit a report containing the proposal to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Medicaid by March 1, 2024. DHB is prohibited from implementing the proposal without further authorization by the General Assembly.

This section became effective October 3, 2023.