Bill Information

An Act providing for certain medical asistance payments for institutional care; establishing the scope of the Department of Public Welfare's cost manual; abolishing funded depreciation and moratorium on reimbursement of capital costs; establishing allowable nursing hours; establishing the limitation on general administrative allowance; establishing the cap on capital cost reimbursement; requiring a feasibility study on modifying ceiling setting methodology; requiring indexing of policy statements, bulletins and appeal decision; revising the bed occupancy allowance; clarifying treatment of Medicare Part B services; clarifying treatment of drug services; providing for treatment of capital gains and losses; establishing the interest rate ceiling; providing for treatment of investment income; providing for treatment of ambulance costs and board of directors' expenses; and making an appropriation.