SENATE BILL No. 582

 

 

May 14, 2009, Introduced by Senators JELINEK, GEORGE and JANSEN and referred to the Committee on Health Policy.

 

 

 

      A bill to amend 1978 PA 368, entitled

 

"Public health code,"

 

by amending section 20161 (MCL 333.20161), as amended by 2008 PA

 

277.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

 

 1        Sec. 20161. (1) The department shall assess fees and other

 

 2  assessments for health facility and agency licenses and

 

 3  certificates of need on an annual basis as provided in this

 

 4  article. Except as otherwise provided in this article, fees and

 

 5  assessments shall be paid in accordance with the following

 

 6  schedule:

 

 


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     (a) Freestanding surgical

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outpatient facilities................$238.00 per facility.

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     (b) Hospitals...................$8.28 per licensed bed.

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     (c) Nursing homes, county

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medical care facilities, and

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hospital long-term care units........$2.20 per licensed bed.

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     (d) Homes for the aged..........$6.27 per licensed bed.

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     (e) Clinical laboratories.......$475.00 per laboratory.

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     (f) Hospice residences..........$200.00 per license

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                                     survey; and $20.00 per

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                                     licensed bed.

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     (g) Subject to subsection

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(13), quality assurance assessment

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for nursing homes and hospital

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long-term care units.................an amount resulting

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                                     in not more than 6%

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                                     of total industry

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                                     revenues.

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     (h) Subject to subsection

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(14), quality assurance assessment

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for hospitals........................at a fixed or variable

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                                     rate that generates

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                                     funds not more than that

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                                     are equal to the

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                                     maximum allowable under

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                                     the federal matching

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                                     requirements, after

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                                     consideration for the

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                                     amounts in subsection

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                                     (14)(a) and (i).

 

 


 1        (2) If a hospital requests the department to conduct a

 

 2  certification survey for purposes of title XVIII or title XIX of

 

 3  the social security act, the hospital shall pay a license fee

 

 4  surcharge of $23.00 per bed. As used in this subsection, "title

 

 5  XVIII" and "title XIX" mean those terms as defined in section

 

 6  20155.

 

 7        (3) The base fee for a certificate of need is $1,500.00 for

 

 8  each application. For a project requiring a projected capital

 

 9  expenditure of more than $500,000.00 but less than $4,000,000.00,

 

10  an additional fee of $4,000.00 shall be added to the base fee.

 

11  For a project requiring a projected capital expenditure of

 

12  $4,000,000.00 or more, an additional fee of $7,000.00 shall be

 

13  added to the base fee. The department of community health shall

 

14  use the fees collected under this subsection only to fund the

 

15  certificate of need program. Funds remaining in the certificate

 

16  of need program at the end of the fiscal year shall not lapse to

 

17  the general fund but shall remain available to fund the

 

18  certificate of need program in subsequent years.

 

19        (4) If licensure is for more than 1 year, the fees described

 

20  in subsection (1) are multiplied by the number of years for which

 

21  the license is issued, and the total amount of the fees shall be

 

22  collected in the year in which the license is issued.

 

23        (5) Fees described in this section are payable to the

 

24  department at the time an application for a license, permit, or

 

25  certificate is submitted. If an application for a license,

 

26  permit, or certificate is denied or if a license, permit, or

 

27  certificate is revoked before its expiration date, the department

 


 1  shall not refund fees paid to the department.

 

 2        (6) The fee for a provisional license or temporary permit is

 

 3  the same as for a license. A license may be issued at the

 

 4  expiration date of a temporary permit without an additional fee

 

 5  for the balance of the period for which the fee was paid if the

 

 6  requirements for licensure are met.

 

 7        (7) The department may charge a fee to recover the cost of

 

 8  purchase or production and distribution of proficiency evaluation

 

 9  samples that are supplied to clinical laboratories pursuant to

 

10  section 20521(3).

 

11        (8) In addition to the fees imposed under subsection (1), a

 

12  clinical laboratory shall submit a fee of $25.00 to the

 

13  department for each reissuance during the licensure period of the

 

14  clinical laboratory's license.

 

15        (9) The cost of licensure activities shall be supported by

 

16  license fees.

 

17        (10) The application fee for a waiver under section 21564 is

 

18  $200.00 plus $40.00 per hour for the professional services and

 

19  travel expenses directly related to processing the application.

 

20  The travel expenses shall be calculated in accordance with the

 

21  state standardized travel regulations of the department of

 

22  management and budget in effect at the time of the travel.

 

23        (11) An applicant for licensure or renewal of licensure

 

24  under part 209 shall pay the applicable fees set forth in part

 

25  209.

 

26        (12) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the fees

 

27  and assessments collected under this section shall be deposited

 


 1  in the state treasury, to the credit of the general fund. The

 

 2  department may use the unreserved fund balance in fees and

 

 3  assessments for the background check program required under this

 

 4  article.

 

 5        (13) The quality assurance assessment collected under

 

 6  subsection (1)(g) and all federal matching funds attributed to

 

 7  that assessment shall be used only for the following purposes and

 

 8  under the following specific circumstances:

 

 9        (a) The quality assurance assessment and all federal

 

10  matching funds attributed to that assessment shall be used to

 

11  finance medicaid nursing home reimbursement payments. Only

 

12  licensed nursing homes and hospital long-term care units that are

 

13  assessed the quality assurance assessment and participate in the

 

14  medicaid program are eligible for increased per diem medicaid

 

15  reimbursement rates under this subdivision. A nursing home or

 

16  long-term care unit that is assessed the quality assurance

 

17  assessment and that does not pay the assessment required under

 

18  subsection (1)(g) in accordance with subdivision (c)(i) or in

 

19  accordance with a written payment agreement with the state shall

 

20  not receive the increased per diem medicaid reimbursement rates

 

21  under this subdivision until all of its outstanding quality

 

22  assurance assessments and any penalties assessed pursuant to

 

23  subdivision (g) have been paid in full. Nothing in this

 

24  subdivision shall be construed to authorize or require the

 

25  department to overspend tax revenue in violation of the

 

26  management and budget act, 1984 PA 431, MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594.

 

27        (b) Except as otherwise provided under subdivision (c),

 


 1  beginning October 1, 2005, the quality assurance assessment is

 

 2  based on the total number of patient days of care each nursing

 

 3  home and hospital long-term care unit provided to nonmedicare

 

 4  patients within the immediately preceding year and shall be

 

 5  assessed at a uniform rate on October 1, 2005 and subsequently on

 

 6  October 1 of each following year, and is payable on a quarterly

 

 7  basis, the first payment due 90 days after the date the

 

 8  assessment is assessed.

 

 9        (c) Within 30 days after September 30, 2005, the department

 

10  shall submit an application to the federal centers for medicare

 

11  and medicaid services to request a waiver pursuant to 42 CFR

 

12  433.68(e) to implement this subdivision as follows:

 

13        (i) If the waiver is approved, the quality assurance

 

14  assessment rate for a nursing home or hospital long-term care

 

15  unit with less than 40 licensed beds or with the maximum number,

 

16  or more than the maximum number, of licensed beds necessary to

 

17  secure federal approval of the application is $2.00 per

 

18  nonmedicare patient day of care provided within the immediately

 

19  preceding year or a rate as otherwise altered on the application

 

20  for the waiver to obtain federal approval. If the waiver is

 

21  approved, for all other nursing homes and long-term care units

 

22  the quality assurance assessment rate is to be calculated by

 

23  dividing the total statewide maximum allowable assessment

 

24  permitted under subsection (1)(g) less the total amount to be

 

25  paid by the nursing homes and long-term care units with less than

 

26  40 or with the maximum number, or more than the maximum number,

 

27  of licensed beds necessary to secure federal approval of the

 


 1  application by the total number of nonmedicare patient days of

 

 2  care provided within the immediately preceding year by those

 

 3  nursing homes and long-term care units with more than 39, but

 

 4  less than the maximum number of licensed beds necessary to secure

 

 5  federal approval. The quality assurance assessment, as provided

 

 6  under this subparagraph, shall be assessed in the first quarter

 

 7  after federal approval of the waiver and shall be subsequently

 

 8  assessed on October 1 of each following year, and is payable on a

 

 9  quarterly basis, the first payment due 90 days after the date the

 

10  assessment is assessed.

 

11        (ii) If the waiver is approved, continuing care retirement

 

12  centers are exempt from the quality assurance assessment if the

 

13  continuing care retirement center requires each center resident

 

14  to provide an initial life interest payment of $150,000.00, on

 

15  average, per resident to ensure payment for that resident's

 

16  residency and services and the continuing care retirement center

 

17  utilizes all of the initial life interest payment before the

 

18  resident becomes eligible for medical assistance under the

 

19  state's medicaid plan. As used in this subparagraph, "continuing

 

20  care retirement center" means a nursing care facility that

 

21  provides independent living services, assisted living services,

 

22  and nursing care and medical treatment services, in a campus-like

 

23  setting that has shared facilities or common areas, or both.

 

24        (d) Beginning October 1, 2011, the department shall no

 

25  longer assess or collect the quality assurance assessment or

 

26  apply for federal matching funds.

 

27        (e) Beginning May 10, 2002, the department of community

 


 1  health shall increase the per diem nursing home medicaid

 

 2  reimbursement rates for the balance of that year. For each

 

 3  subsequent year in which the quality assurance assessment is

 

 4  assessed and collected, the department of community health shall

 

 5  maintain the medicaid nursing home reimbursement payment increase

 

 6  financed by the quality assurance assessment.

 

 7        (f) The department of community health shall implement this

 

 8  section in a manner that complies with federal requirements

 

 9  necessary to assure that the quality assurance assessment

 

10  qualifies for federal matching funds.

 

11        (g) If a nursing home or a hospital long-term care unit

 

12  fails to pay the assessment required by subsection (1)(g), the

 

13  department of community health may assess the nursing home or

 

14  hospital long-term care unit a penalty of 5% of the assessment

 

15  for each month that the assessment and penalty are not paid up to

 

16  a maximum of 50% of the assessment. The department of community

 

17  health may also refer for collection to the department of

 

18  treasury past due amounts consistent with section 13 of 1941 PA

 

19  122, MCL 205.13.

 

20        (h) The medicaid nursing home quality assurance assessment

 

21  fund is established in the state treasury. The department of

 

22  community health shall deposit the revenue raised through the

 

23  quality assurance assessment with the state treasurer for deposit

 

24  in the medicaid nursing home quality assurance assessment fund.

 

25        (i) The department of community health shall not implement

 

26  this subsection in a manner that conflicts with 42 USC 1396b(w).

 

27        (j) The quality assurance assessment collected under

 


 1  subsection (1)(g) shall be prorated on a quarterly basis for any

 

 2  licensed beds added to or subtracted from a nursing home or

 

 3  hospital long-term care unit since the immediately preceding July

 

 4  1. Any adjustments in payments are due on the next quarterly

 

 5  installment due date.

 

 6        (k) In each fiscal year governed by this subsection,

 

 7  medicaid reimbursement rates shall not be reduced below the

 

 8  medicaid reimbursement rates in effect on April 1, 2002 as a

 

 9  direct result of the quality assurance assessment collected under

 

10  subsection (1)(g).

 

11        (l) In fiscal year 2007-2008, $39,900,000.00 of the quality

 

12  assurance assessment collected pursuant to subsection (1)(g)

 

13  shall be appropriated to the department of community health to

 

14  support medicaid expenditures for long-term care services. The

 

15  state retention amount of the quality assurance assessment

 

16  collected pursuant to subsection (1)(g) for fiscal year 2008-2009

 

17  shall be $41,473,500.00, and for each subsequent fiscal year

 

18  shall be equal to 13.2% of the federal funds generated by the

 

19  nursing homes and hospital long-term care units quality assurance

 

20  assessment, including the state retention amount. The state

 

21  retention amount shall be appropriated each fiscal year to the

 

22  department of community health to support medicaid expenditures

 

23  for long-term care services. These funds shall offset an

 

24  identical amount of general fund/general purpose revenue

 

25  originally appropriated for that purpose.

 

26        (14) The quality assurance dedication is an earmarked

 

27  assessment collected under subsection (1)(h). That assessment and

 


 1  all federal matching funds attributed to that assessment shall be

 

 2  used only for the following purpose and under the following

 

 3  specific circumstances:

 

 4        (a) To maintain the increased medicaid reimbursement rate

 

 5  increases as provided for in subdivision (c).

 

 6        (b) The quality assurance assessment shall be assessed on

 

 7  all net patient revenue, before deduction of expenses, less

 

 8  medicare net revenue, as reported in the most recently available

 

 9  medicare cost report and is payable on a quarterly basis, the

 

10  first payment due 90 days after the date the assessment is

 

11  assessed. As used in this subdivision, "medicare net revenue"

 

12  includes medicare payments and amounts collected for coinsurance

 

13  and deductibles.

 

14        (c) Beginning October 1, 2002, the department of community

 

15  health shall increase the hospital medicaid reimbursement rates

 

16  for the balance of that year. For each subsequent year in which

 

17  the quality assurance assessment is assessed and collected, the

 

18  department of community health shall maintain the hospital

 

19  medicaid reimbursement rate increase financed by the quality

 

20  assurance assessments.

 

21        (d) The department of community health shall implement this

 

22  section in a manner that complies with federal requirements

 

23  necessary to assure that the quality assurance assessment

 

24  qualifies for federal matching funds.

 

25        (e) If a hospital fails to pay the assessment required by

 

26  subsection (1)(h), the department of community health may assess

 

27  the hospital a penalty of 5% of the assessment for each month

 


 1  that the assessment and penalty are not paid up to a maximum of

 

 2  50% of the assessment. The department of community health may

 

 3  also refer for collection to the department of treasury past due

 

 4  amounts consistent with section 13 of 1941 PA 122, MCL 205.13.

 

 5        (f) The hospital quality assurance assessment fund is

 

 6  established in the state treasury. The department of community

 

 7  health shall deposit the revenue raised through the quality

 

 8  assurance assessment with the state treasurer for deposit in the

 

 9  hospital quality assurance assessment fund.

 

10        (g) In each fiscal year governed by this subsection, the

 

11  quality assurance assessment shall only be collected and expended

 

12  if medicaid hospital inpatient DRG and outpatient reimbursement

 

13  rates and disproportionate share hospital and graduate medical

 

14  education payments are not below the level of rates and payments

 

15  in effect on April 1, 2002 as a direct result of the quality

 

16  assurance assessment collected under subsection (1)(h), except as

 

17  provided in subdivision (h).

 

18        (h) The quality assurance assessment collected under

 

19  subsection (1)(h) shall no longer be assessed or collected after

 

20  September 30, 2011 in the event that the quality assurance

 

21  assessment is not eligible for federal matching funds. Any

 

22  portion of the quality assurance assessment collected from a

 

23  hospital that is not eligible for federal matching funds shall be

 

24  returned to the hospital.

 

25        (i) In fiscal year 2007-2008, $98,850,000.00 of the quality

 

26  assurance assessment collected pursuant to subsection (1)(h)

 

27  shall be appropriated to the department of community health to

 


 1  support medicaid expenditures for hospital services and therapy.

 

 2  The state retention amount of the quality assurance assessment

 

 3  collected pursuant to subsection (1)(h) for fiscal year 2008-2009

 

 4  and each subsequent fiscal year shall be equal to 13.2% of the

 

 5  federal funds generated by the hospital quality assurance

 

 6  assessment, including the state retention amount. The state

 

 7  retention percentage shall be applied proportionately to each

 

 8  hospital quality assurance assessment program to determine the

 

 9  retention amount for each program. The state retention amount

 

10  shall be appropriated each fiscal year to the department of

 

11  community health to support medicaid expenditures for hospital

 

12  services and therapy. These funds shall offset an identical

 

13  amount of general fund/general purpose revenue originally

 

14  appropriated for that purpose.

 

15        (j) To subsidize MI-Health under the MI-Health act.

 

16        (15) The quality assurance assessment provided for under

 

17  this section is a tax that is levied on a health facility or

 

18  agency.

 

19        (16) As used in this section, "medicaid" means that term as

 

20  defined in section 22207.

 

21        Enacting section 1. This amendatory act does not take effect

 

22  unless all of the following bills of the 95th Legislature are

 

23  enacted into law:

 

24        (a) Senate Bill No. 580.                                         

 

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26        (b) Senate Bill No. 581.                                         

 

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 1        (c) Senate Bill No. 579.                                         

 

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