Hospice care reimbursements.

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide specific details about the exact percentage increase or the funding reversion date beyond what is stated.

Increase Medicaid Reimbursement for Hospice Care

This law increases the Medicaid reimbursement rate for hospice care to match Medicare rates and provides funding for the change.

What This Bill Does

• Increases the Medicaid reimbursement rate for hospice care from fifty percent (50%) to one hundred percent (100%) of the statewide average nursing home room and board rate when an eligible individual is receiving hospice care.
• Provides $450,000 from the general fund to the Department of Health to cover the increased reimbursement rates.

Who It Names or Affects

• People who receive Medicaid and need hospice care services.
• Hospice facilities providing care under Medicaid.
• The Department of Health managing Medicaid funding.

Terms To Know

Medicaid

A government program that helps certain people pay for medical costs.

Hospice Care

Care focused on comfort and quality of life for patients with serious illnesses, often near the end of life.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only applies to individuals eligible under the state Medicaid plan as it was in effect on July 1, 2012.
• Funding is limited and will revert if not used by June 30, 2026.

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 24LSO-0465

Bill No.:

SF0069

Effective:

7/1/2024

LSO No.:

24LSO-0465

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0060

Chapter No.:

103

Prime Sponsor:

Landen

Catch Title:

Hospice care reimbursements.

Has Report:

No

Subject:

Increases the Medicaid reimbursement rate for hospice care.

Summary/Major Elements:

This bill increases the Medicaid reimbursement rate for hospice care from fifty percent (50%) to one hundred percent (100%) when an eligible individual is receiving hospice.

This bill provides an appropriation of four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000.00) from the general fund to the Department of Health to provide increases in the hospice care reimbursement rate.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent.

While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

24LSO-0465

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0069

ENROLLED ACT NO. 60,

SENATE

SIXTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2024 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to welfare; increasing the Medicaid reimbursement rate for hospice care as specified; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 42
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103(a)(xxv) is amended to read:

42
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103.

Authorized services and supplies.

(a)

Services and supplies authorized for medical assistance under this chapter include:

(xxv)

Hospice care as defined in W.S. 35
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901(a)(xii) and authorized under 42 U.S.C. § 1396a(a)(10)(A)(ii)(VII) including hospice care in a hospice facility for an eligible individual and room and board for individuals receiving the care in a hospice facility. Reimbursement rates for hospice care shall be set annually to match Medicare hospice reimbursement rates.

The room and board reimbursement rate for hospice facilities shall not exceed
fifty percent (50%)
one hundred percent (100%)
of the statewide average of the Medicaid nursing home room and board rate
when an eligible individual is receiving hospice
. For the purposes of this paragraph, "eligible individual" means a person who is eligible for hospice care as defined in the state Medicaid plan in effect on July 1, 2012;

Section 2.

There is appropriated four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($450,000.00) from the general fund to the department of health for purposes of providing hospice care reimbursement under this act. This appropriation shall be for the period beginning with the effective date of this act and ending June 30, 2026. This appropriation shall not be transferred or expended for any other purpose and any unexpended, unobligated funds remaining from this appropriation shall revert as provided by law on June 30, 2026.

It is the intent of the legislature that this appropriation be included in the department of health's standard budget for the immediately succeeding fiscal biennium.

Section 3.

This act is effective July 1, 2024
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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