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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE | |
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Introduced By: Senators DiPalma, Miller, Acosta, E Morgan, Zurier, Seveney, Felag, de | |
Date Introduced: April 22, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Finance | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 40-8 of the General Laws entitled "Medical Assistance" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 40-8-33. Managed care hospital rates for obstetrician delivery. |
4 | To ensure better birth experience and postpartum care for Medicaid members, the executive |
5 | office of health and human services shall implement an increase for hospitals providing birth and |
6 | postpartum care in the following ways: |
7 | (1) Set managed care payment rates for obstetrician delivery cases to one hundred ten |
8 | percent (110%) of the Medicaid fee for service (FFS) rate; |
9 | (2) Require that managed care payment rates in subsequent years be no less than one |
10 | hundred ten percent (110%) of the 2021 Medicaid fee for service (FFS) rate; and |
11 | (3) Require policies that permit doulas as defined in ยง 27-18-87 as part of the care team. |
12 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HUMAN SERVICES -- MEDICAL ASSISTANCE | |
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1 | This act would increase managed care hospital rates for obstetrician deliveries at one |
2 | hundred ten percent (110%) of the Medicaid fee for service (FFS) rate. The rates in subsequent |
3 | years would be no less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the 2021 Medicaid fee for service |
4 | (FFS) rate. The act would also require policies that permit doulas as part of the care team. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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