10 AM 33
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ADOPTED
Senator Williams of the 19th offered the following amendment:
Senator Williams of the 19th offered the following amendment:
Amend
the Senate Finance Committee substitute to HB 307 (LC 33 3746S) by striking
lines 58 through 62 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
(a)
Each hospital shall be assessed a provider payment in the amount of 1.45 percent
of the net patient revenue of the hospital; provided, however, that the
Department of Community Health may lower the provider payment percentage for a
subclass of hospitals, if necessary, to comply with the broad-based and uniform
tests pursuant to 42 C.F.R. Section 433.68.
By
striking lines 66 through 71 and inserting in lieu thereof the
following:
(c)
The provider payment imposed under this article shall be recognized by the
department as a form of expenditure for indigent or charity care under any
agreement by a hospital to provide a specified amount of clinical health
services to indigent patients pursuant to subsection (c) of Code Section
31-6-40.1 and may be considered a community benefit for purposes of any required
or voluntary community benefit report filed or prepared by a hospital; provided,
however, that the provider payment shall not be considered charity or indigent
care for purposes of calculating net patient revenue pursuant to this
article.