Bill > HB232

This bill makes several changes to Alabama's hospital assessment and Medicaid funding program, primarily by removing sunset clauses, which are provisions that automatically end a law after a certain date. Specifically, it extends the assessment on privately operated hospitals, which is a percentage of their net patient revenue, and ensures that the program continues beyond its previously scheduled end dates. The bill also modifies how hospital cost reports are used to determine this revenue and clarifies how remaining funds in the Hospital Assessment Account are handled. Additionally, it removes the termination date for intergovernmental transfers (IGTs), which are payments made by publicly and state-owned hospitals to the Alabama Medicaid Agency to secure federal matching funds, and adjusts the payment calculations for hospitals to apply to the current fiscal year and beyond, rather than specific past years. Finally, it repeals the termination of the Hospital Provider Privilege Tax and sets an effective date for these changes.

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