2001 REGULAR SESSION (71st)                                                                   CA SB377 R2 CA6

Amendment No. CA6

 

First Conference Committee Amendment to Senate Bill No. 377  Second Reprint               (BDR 38‑316)

Proposed by: First Conference Committee

Amendment Box:

Resolves Conflicts with: N/A

Amends:         Summary:               Title:               Preamble:               Joint Sponsorship:

 

Adoption of this amendment will:

      (1) MAINTAIN a 2/3s majority vote requirement for final passage of SB377 R2 (§ 1); and

      (2) MAINTAIN an unfunded mandate not requested by the affected local government to SB377 R2 (§ 1).

 

ASSEMBLY ACTION              Initial and Date              |SENATE ACTION                        Initial and Date

       Adopted       Lost                                               |          Adopted       Lost                                           

Concurred In                     Not                                                        |Concurred In  Not                                 

       Receded        Not                                               |         Receded        Not                                           

 

     Amend section 1, page 2, by deleting lines 6 through 9 and inserting:

          “(2) Paragraph (c) of subsection 2 of NRS 422.387 is located, the county shall transfer:

               (I) An amount equal to 75 percent of the total amount distributed to that hospital pursuant to that paragraph for a fiscal year, less $75,000; or

               (II) Any maximum amount established by the legislature for a fiscal year,

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whichever is less, to the division of health care financing and policy.”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 3, by deleting lines 23 through 29 and inserting:

     “(c) For a payment to each private hospital whose Medicaid utilization percentage is greater than the average for all the hospitals in this state and which is located in a county that has a public hospital, in an amount equal to:

          (1) If the Medicaid utilization percentage of the hospital is greater than 20 percent, $200 for each uncompensated day incurred by the hospital; and

          (2) If the Medicaid utilization percentage of the hospital is 20 percent or less, $100 for each uncompensated day incurred by the hospital.”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 3, by deleting lines 45 through 47.

     Amend sec. 3, page 3, line 48, by deleting “(b)” and inserting “(a)”.

     Amend sec. 3, page 4, between lines 2 and 3, by inserting:

     “(b) “Uncompensated day” means a day in which medical care is provided to an inpatient for which a hospital receives:

          (1) Not more than 25 percent of the cost of providing that care from the patient; and

          (2) No compensation for the cost of providing that care from any other person or any governmental program.”.

     Amend the bill as a whole by renumbering sections 5 through 8 as sections 6 through 9 and adding a new section designated sec. 5, following sec. 4, to read as follows:

     “Sec. 5. The maximum amount a county is required to transfer to the division of health care financing and policy of the department of human resources pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (b) of subsection 1 of NRS 422.382 for:

     1.  The fiscal year 2001-2002 is $900,000; and

     2.  The fiscal year 2002-2003 is $950,000.”.

     Amend sec. 5, page 5, by deleting lines 10 and 11 and inserting:

“subsection 1 of NRS 422.382 may impose a tax on the revenue of those hospitals during the fiscal years”.

     Amend sec. 5, page 5, by deleting line 13 and inserting:

“revenue, to pay for indigent care.”.