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Free Enterprise
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Personal Responsibility
Limited Government
Individual Liberty
Digest
SB 2655 creates a health care provider participation program in certain counties without hospital districts. It allows county governments to collect mandatory payments from nonpublic hospitals to establish a local provider participation fund, which will be used for Medicaid supplemental payments, intergovernmental transfers, and administrative expenses. The bill sets financial reporting requirements and specifies how collected funds can be allocated​.
Author
Peter Flores