H. B. 4066
(By Delegates Perry, Pino, Stemple and Roberts)
[Introduced January 20, 2006; referred to the
Committee on Finance.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §25-1-4, relating to
limitation on reimbursement rate to medical service providers
for services outside Division of Corrections facilities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §25-1-4, to read as
follows:
ARTICLE 1. ORGANIZATION, INSTITUTIONS AND CORRECTIONS MANAGEMENT.
§25-1-4. Limitation on reimbursement rate to medical service
providers for services outside division facilities.
Effective the first day of July, two thousand six, the
Division of Corrections and its contracted medical provider may not
pay to an outside provider of a medical service for a person
residing in a correctional or detention facility an amount greater than the reimbursement rate applicable to that provider and that
service as established by rule of the Department of Health and
Human Resources Medicaid Program. This limitation applies to all
medical care services, goods, prescription drugs and medications
provided to a person who is in the custody of a correctional or
detention facility and is provided these services outside of the
correctional or detention facility.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to limit the amount the
Division of Corrections and its
contracted medical provider
s may
pay for medical care administered to inmates outside of
correctional or detention facilities to the rates allowed under the
Medicaid Program.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.
This bill was recommended for introduction and passage during
the 2006 legislative session by the Legislative Oversight Committee
on the Regional Jail and Correctional Facility Authority.
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