LRB-0388/1
MGG:eev:rs
2013 - 2014 LEGISLATURE
DOA:......Lawrence, BB0083 - Exemption from nursing home bed assessment for veterans homes
For 2013-2015 Budget -- Not Ready For Introduction
An Act ...; relating to: the budget.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
Veterans
Under current law, each nursing home is required to pay the state an assessment of not more than $170 per bed, per month. The assessment revenue is deposited in the Medical Assistance (MA) trust fund and is generally expended for MA services for which the federal government contributes a share of the costs. Current law exempts Wisconsin veterans homes from having to pay the assessment for the 2011-13 fiscal biennium. This bill makes the exemption permanent.
For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
Section
1. 45.50 (11) of the statutes is created to read:
45.50 (11) Medical assistance assessment exemption. A Wisconsin veterans home is exempt from paying any assessment imposed on the licensed beds in the home under s. 50.14 (2) (am).
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