Legislative Session number- 82

Bill Name: SF0792

Providing for emergency energy assistance for nursing facilities; requiring the
commissioner of human services to by a certain date certify the heating fuel
costs for medicaid certified nursing facilities for a certain rate year and
medicaid certified nursing facilities to submit by the same date anticipated
heating fuel costs for the rate year to the commissioner; requiring the
commissioner to calculate the difference between the anticipated heating fuel
costs and the certified costs and reimburse the nursing facilities for a certain
percentage of the calculated costs, specifying a total expenditure limit;
requirement the commissioner by a certain later date to certify the actual
heating fuel costs for the facilities for a certain rate year and recalculate
the reimbursement based on actual costs and to adjust the medical assistance
(MA) operating cost per diem for a certain period by the amount of the
difference between the estimated calculation and the actual costs; appropriating
money to the commissioner for the emergency energy assistance (je)