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HB0008 • 2023

Upper payment limit authorization.

AN ACT relating to medical assistance and services; authorizing the department of health to pursue an upper payment limit supplemental payment program for the benefit of psychiatric residential treatment facilities; authorizing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

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Inactive

Wyoming marks this bill as inactive, which usually means it is no longer moving in the current session.

Sponsor
Labor
Last action
2023-02-07
Official status
inactive
Effective date
3/1/2023

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about collecting fees from private hospitals or the exact wording regarding the intent for future funding requests.

Upper Payment Limit Authorization

This act allows the Department of Health to create a program that helps psychiatric residential treatment facilities get more money from Medicaid and Medicare.

What This Bill Does

  • The bill lets the Wyoming Department of Health start a special payment program for mental health care centers called Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs).
  • It allows these PRTFs to receive extra payments if they are part of the state's Medicaid plan.
  • There is an appropriation of $7.7 million in total funds, including both federal and state money, to support this program for one year starting July 1, 2023.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facilities (PRTFs) in Wyoming that are part of Medicaid.
  • The Wyoming Department of Health, which will manage this program and apply for federal funding.

Terms To Know

Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility (PRTF)
A place where people with serious mental health issues can live while getting intensive treatment.
Medicaid
A government program that helps pay for medical care for certain low-income individuals and families.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only applies to PRTFs in Wyoming.
  • This act was marked as inactive, meaning it did not pass during this session of the legislature.

Bill History

  1. 2023-02-07 House

    H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4

  2. 2023-02-07 House

    H No report prior to CoW Cutoff

  3. 2023-01-17 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor

  4. 2023-01-06 House

    H Received for Introduction

  5. 2022-12-01 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Current Bill Text

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23LSO-0161
2023
STATE OF WYOMING
23LSO-0161
Numbered
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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0008

Upper payment limit authorization.

Sponsored by: Joint Labor, Health & Social Services Interim Committee

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to medical assistance and services; authorizing the

department of health to pursue an upper payment limit supplemental payment program for the benefit

of psychiatric residential treatment facilities; authorizing appropriations; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1
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The department of health is authorized to pursue an upper payment limit supplemental payment program with the centers for Medicare and Medicaid services to benefit psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) enrolled in Wyoming Medicaid and located in the state of Wyoming. It is the intent of the legislature that the department of health have authority to collect private hospital assessments as specified in the Private Hospital Assessment Act under W.S. 42-9-101 through 42-9-109 and use these funds to secure federal matching funds available through the state Medicaid plan for the benefit of PRTFs.

Section 2.

There is appropriated three million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,850,000.00) from other funds and three million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars ($3,850,000.00) from federal funds to the department of health for the purpose of including PRTFs under the Private Hospital Assessment Act under W.S. 42
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101 through 42-9-109 for the period beginning July 1, 2023 and ending June 30, 2024. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation on June 30, 2024 shall revert as provided by law. It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation not be included in the department of health's standard budget request for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium. It is the intent of the legislature that the department of health submit an exception request to fund this program from federal funds and other funds for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

Section 3
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This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.

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