HOUSE BILL 8

51st legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2014

INTRODUCED BY

Elizabeth "Liz" Thomson

AN ACT

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION TO THE HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO FUND REIMBURSEMENT RATE INCREASES FOR CERTAIN MEDICAID PROVIDERS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. APPROPRIATION.--Thirteen million dollars ($13,000,000) is appropriated from the general fund to the human services department for expenditure in fiscal year 2015 to fund reimbursement rate increases for medicaid nursing facilities and provide safety net care pool funding for uncompensated hospital care and hospital quality care improvements. Any unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of fiscal year 2015 shall revert to the general fund.

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