LB129 LB129
2023 2023
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
FIRST SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 129
Introduced by Dorn, 30.
Read first time January 06, 2023
Committee: Appropriations
1 A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to appropriations; to state intent regarding
2 appropriations for medicaid nursing facilities and reports by the
3 Department of Health and Human Services regarding appropriations for
4 medicaid nursing facilities.
5 Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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LB129 LB129
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1 Section 1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the total
2 amount appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services,
3 Agency No. 25, for medicaid nursing facility rates for Program No. 348,
4 specified as $XXX,XXX,XXX for FY2023-24 ($XXX,XXX,XXX General Funds and
5 $XXX,XXX,XXX Federal Funds) and $XXX,XXX,XXX for FY2024-25 ($XXX,XXX,XXX
6 General Funds and $XXX,XXX,XXX Federal Funds), shall be used in the
7 medicaid nursing facility rate calculation for Program No. 348, including
8 the calculation of the annual inflation factor.
9 It is the intent of the Legislature that the total amount
10 appropriated for medicaid nursing facility rates for Program No. 348
11 includes amounts for rate enhancement and any other purpose related to
12 medicaid nursing facility services and will be used as the base for
13 funding appropriations in the following fiscal year.
14 It is the intent of the Legislature that the department shall file a
15 report electronically with the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Clerk
16 of the Legislature no later than August 1, 2023, on how the inflation
17 factor was calculated for FY2023-24 rates and no later than August 1,
18 2024, on how the inflation factor was calculated for FY2024-25 rates.
19 It is the intent of the Legislature that the department shall file a
20 report electronically with the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Clerk
21 of the Legislature between December 15 and December 31 of each year of
22 the biennium ending June 30, 2025, identifying the amount of any
23 remaining unobligated appropriation from the prior appropriations
24 earmarked for nursing facility payments. The report shall include an
25 identification of encumbrances and retroactive payments.
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