House Amendments to Senate Bill No. 2372

TO THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE:

  THIS IS TO INFORM YOU THAT THE HOUSE HAS ADOPTED THE AMENDMENTS SET OUT BELOW:

AMENDMENT NO. 1

     Amend by striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

SECTION 1.  There is established the Health Care Impact Grant Program to be administered by the State Department of Health.  The program shall provide grants to hospitals for the purpose of strengthening and improving the health care system and the quality and availability of health care services, and partially compensating hospitals for the cost of uncompensated care that they have.  The amount of the grants shall be calculated based on the number of licensed beds of the hospitals.  Hospitals eligible for grants under the program include licensed specialty hospitals that are recognized as such by the department.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.

     Further, amend by striking the title in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

     AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE HEALTH CARE IMPACT GRANT PROGRAM TO BE ADMINISTERED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH; TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROGRAM SHALL PROVIDE GRANTS TO HOSPITALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF STRENGTHENING AND IMPROVING THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND THE QUALITY AND AVAILABILITY OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES, AND PARTIALLY COMPENSATING HOSPITALS FOR THE COST OF UNCOMPENSATED CARE THAT THEY HAVE; TO PROVIDE THAT THE AMOUNT OF THE GRANTS SHALL BE CALCULATED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF LICENSED BEDS OF THE HOSPITALS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

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                                                Andrew Ketchings

                            Clerk of the House of Representatives