Bill Text: VA HB1639 | 2019 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Medical Assistance Services, Department of; payment for certain services to hospice patients.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-05 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0209) [HB1639 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2019-HB1639-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. §1. That the Department of Medical Assistance Services shall, to the extent permitted by federal law, implement a process for payment of the nursing facility or ICF/MR share of payments directly to the nursing facility or ICF/MR rather than to the hospice care provider for hospice services furnished to an individual who is a resident of a nursing facility or ICF/MR and who would be eligible under the Commonwealth's program of medical assistance for nursing facility services or services in an ICF/MR had he not elected hospice care. Payments made directly to a nursing facility or ICF/MR shall be the full amount that would be paid to the nursing facility or ICF/MR if the individual was not receiving hospice services, and shall not reflect any discount to such rates.
