FINAL BILL REPORT

                  HB 2811

                         C 182 L 92

                     Synopsis As Enacted

Brief Description:  Exempting excess nursing supplies cost from the reimbursement of the pilot facility for persons living with AIDS.

By Representatives Braddock, Locke, H. Sommers, Wang, Prentice, Moyer, Schmidt, Paris, Wineberry and Anderson.

House Committee on Appropriations

Senate Committee on Health & Long-Term Care

Background:  The state's nursing home reimbursement rate is set in statute--limits are placed on costs which can be reimbursed.  One such limit is placed on the Operations and Administration (A&O) Cost Center.  This limit is referred to as the "85th percentile lid," meaning that any home's total A&O cost is limited to the cost of homes at the 85th percentile of all nursing homes.  An inflation factor is applied to this lid.

Summary:  The bill would exempt a specific pilot facility, developed to meet the needs of persons with AIDS, from the "85th percentile" cost lid specifically for the costs associated with nursing supplies.

If the bill is not referenced and funded in the budget, it is null and void.

Votes on Final Passage:

House  97   0

Senate 47   0   (Senate amended)

House  92   0   (House concurred)

Effective:    June 11, 1992