SB 134

This bill requires the Department of Health Services to provide reimbursement

or a supplemental payment through the Medical Assistance program to a hospital

for services provided on an outpatient basis that are usually reimbursed when

provided at the hospital's inpatient facility but are provided at the hospital's

outpatient facility due to the 2019 novel coronavirus pandemic. To receive

reimbursement or supplemental payment under the bill, the outpatient services

must be approved for federal financial participation and must be provided in a

facility that is operated by the hospital and is certified for outpatient services under

the federal Medicare program, including under the terms of a federal waiver issued

during the federally declared national emergency related to the 2019 novel

coronavirus. DHS must seek any federal approval necessary to provide the

reimbursement or supplemental payment. The payment requirement applies until

the conclusion of a public health emergency declared by the secretary of the federal

Department of Health and Human Services in response to the 2019 novel

coronavirus or until June 30, 2021, whichever is earlier.