LB942 LB942
2024 2024
LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
SECOND SESSION
LEGISLATIVE BILL 942
Introduced by Dorn, 30.
Read first time January 04, 2024
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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LB942 LB942
2024 2024
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 $449,351,518 for FY2023-24 ($186,851,595 General Funds and
5 $262,499,923 Federal Funds) and $471,819,094 for FY2024-25 ($195,333,105
6 General Funds and $276,485,989 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.
13 It is the intent of the Legislature that the department shall file a
14 report electronically with the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Clerk
15 of the Legislature no later than August 1, 2024, on how the inflation
16 factor was calculated for FY2024-25 rates.
17 It is the intent of the Legislature that the department shall file a
18 report electronically with the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and the Clerk
19 of the Legislature between December 15, 2024, and December 31, 2024,
20 identifying the amount of any remaining unobligated appropriation from
21 the prior appropriations earmarked for nursing facility payments. The
22 report shall include an identification of encumbrances and retroactive
23 payments.
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