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F I S C A L I M P A C T R E P O R T
SPONSOR Jennings
ORIGINAL DATE
LAST UPDATED
01/24/07
HB
SHORT TITLE
Increase Certain Health Care Payments
SB 101
ANALYST Weber
APPROPRIATION (dollars in thousands)
Appropriation
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
$750.0
Recurring
General Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
Relates to Appropriation in the General Appropriation Act
REVENUE (dollars in thousands)
Estimated Revenue
Recurring
or Non-Rec
Fund
Affected
FY07
FY08
FY09
$1,859.6
$1,800.0 Recurring Federal Fund
(Parenthesis ( ) Indicate Expenditure Decreases)
SOURCES OF INFORMATION
LFC Files
Responses Received From
Human Services Department (HSD)
SUMMARY
Synopsis of Bill
Senate Bill 101 appropriates $750.0 thousand from the general fund to the Human Services
Department to increase Medical Assistance reimbursement for obstetrical services to offset
the cost of medical malpractice insurance.
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Senate Bill 101 – Page
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
The appropriation of $750.0 contained in this bill is a recurring expense to the general fund. Any
unexpended or unencumbered balance remaining at the end of Fiscal Year 2008 shall revert to
the general fund.
SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
In order to maintain the increased level of payment for future years, the increase would need to
be included in the Medicaid base budget request in future years.
The LFC recommendation for the General Appropriations Act includes $13 million in physician
related reimbursement increases.
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