SENATE BILL NO. 348

May 24, 2019, Introduced by Senators MACGREGOR, BARRETT, LUCIDO, BULLOCK, WOJNO, BIZON, STAMAS, HERTEL, VANDERWALL and HOLLIER and referred to the Committee on Health Policy and Human Services.

A bill to amend 1939 PA 280, entitled

"The social welfare act,"

(MCL 400.1 to 400.119b) by adding section 111n.

the people of the state of michigan enact:

Sec. 111n. If the department issues a new interpretation of existing Medicaid provider policy directly affecting nursing facility Medicaid cost reports, that change in policy must have a prospective effective date. A policy may have a retrospective effective date as part of a state plan amendment approval or waiver approval, or if required by state law, federal law, or judicial ruling.