An Act To Expand The Reimbursement To Hospitals For Days Awaiting Placement In Facilities
This bill amends state law to allow the Department of Health and Human Services to pay hospitals for days when MaineCare-eligible patients wait in the hospital before being moved to a nursing facility. The law requires these payments to start on the eleventh day of a patient's stay and sets a yearly spending cap of $500,000 using a specific calculation based on average nursing facility rates. The bill also includes a section that authorizes specific amounts of state and federal money to fund these payments for the fiscal years 2023-24 and 2024-25.
Bill status
died
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Governor
Introduced Jan 24, 2023
Last action Nov 20, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
4
Committee
5
May 23, 2023
Lower · Passed
PASSED TO BE ENACTED.
lower
May 16, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee Amendment "A" (H-118) READ and ADOPTED
upper
May 9, 2023
Legislature · Passed
Reported Out - OTP-AM
legislature
Jan 24, 2023
Committee
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES in concurrence
upper
Jan 24, 2023
Committee
The Bill was REFERRED to the Committee on HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.
lower
Jan 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee on Health and Human Services suggested and ordered printed.
lower
1 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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