Indiana Senate Bill 278 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 4 2012 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2012-01-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
Pending: Senate Health and Provider Services Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Eliminates emergency rulemaking for the office of the secretary of family and social services (office) and the office of Medicaid policy and planning concerning: (1) federal Medicaid waiver program provisions; and (2) federal programs administered by the office. Voids a final rule and emergency rules concerning the following: (1) A five percent reduction in Medicaid reimbursement for chiropractic and podiatric services. (2) A five percent reduction of Medicaid reimbursement for speech therapists, audiologists, optometrists, opticians, independent laboratory providers, independent radiology providers, and freestanding renal dialysis clinics. (3) A reduction in the Medicaid dispensing fee from $4.90 to $3.00.

Voiding of certain Medicaid rules.

Sen. Vi Simpson [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-01-04		First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services
2012-01-04		Authored by Senator Simpson

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0278
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2012/IN/IN0278.1.html