Relating to Medicaid; to amend Section 40-26B-26, Code of Alabama 1975, to revise the circumstances under which the Alabama Medicaid Agency may revise the ceiling for the Medicaid reimbursement rate to nursing facilities during a given fiscal year; and to make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.
Summary
Medicaid, circumstances for revising reimbursement rates to nursing facilities revised
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2023
Committee Review
Apr 2023
House Passage
Apr 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 11, 2023
Last action Apr 25, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 25, 2023
How they voted
101–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 102
Apr 25, 2023
D
Democratic27
100% Yea
R
Republican75
98% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
9
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Apr 25, 2023
Committee
Referred to Committee (Finance and Taxation General Fund)
upper
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Read a Third Time and Pass
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee in House of Origin
lower
Apr 19, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported Favorably (Ways and Means General Fund)
lower
Apr 11, 2023
Introduced
Introduced and Referred (Ways and Means General Fund)
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
KS
Kyle South
RRepublican
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