Nursing Home Assessment Alternative Fails
Rep. Rhoades and Sen. Darling have proposed a motion to delete the governor's proposal on the nursing home bed assessment increase. (budget paper 396)
Instead of the governor's proposal, the Rhoades-Darling proposal would provide $13.4 million GPR and $18.2 million FED in 2007-08 and $13 million GPR and $18 million FED in 2008-09 to fund a 4 percent rate increase in nursing home rates beginning in 2007-08.
In addition, the motion proposes the adoption of alternative B1, which would specify that begining with this fiscal year, all revenue from the nursing home bed assessment would be deposited in an MA trust fund.
The motion failed on an 8-8 vote along party lines.
Decker moves alternatives A1 and B1. The motion failed 8-8.
With no other motions offered, the governor's proposal prevails.
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