5725-S AMH CODY H3249.3

SSB 5725  - H AMD TO HCW COMM AMD (H-2891.2/09)612
     By Representatives Cody, Hinkle

WITHDRAWN 04/14/2009

     On page 1, line 8 of the amendment, after "dollars." strike all material through "transplant." on line 10, and insert "The lifetime limit on transplants shall apply from one day prior to the date of the transplant or the date of hospital admission, for a patient who receives a transplant during the course of a longer hospital stay, through one hundred days after the transplant. Donor-related services may apply to the lifetime limit on transplants any time prior to the date of the transplant. The major medical lifetime limit shall apply to health care services provided before and after this time period."

     On page 1, line 14 of the amendment, after "Organ" insert "and tissue"

EFFECT:  The lifetime limit on transplants applies from one day before a transplant, or the date of hospital admission for a patient who receives a transplant during the course of a longer hospital stay, until one hundred days after the transplant. The lifetime limit applies to both organ and tissue transplant.

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