{"id": "SB369", "year": 2014, "term": "2013-2014", "title": "(New Title) relative to the Medicaid enhancement tax.", "narrative": "It was introduced on January 8, 2014 and referred to the Senate Ways and Means committee. The committee held a public hearing on March 4, 2014. The committee recommended that the Senate pass it with changes (amendment 2014-0862s). The committee's amendment (0862s) was adopted on a voice vote on March 13, 2014, changing the text of the bill. A floor amendment (2014-0960s), offered by Sen. Odell, was adopted on a voice vote on March 13, 2014, changing the text of the bill. On March 13, 2014 the Senate voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote, then referred it on to the Senate Finance committee. The committee recommended that the Senate pass it with changes (amendment 2014-1075s). The committee's amendment (1075s) was adopted on a voice vote on March 27, 2014, changing the text of the bill. On March 27, 2014 the Senate voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote and ordered it to a third reading. It crossed to the House on April 1, 2014 and was referred to the House Ways and Means committee. The committee held public hearings on April 9, 2014 and May 6, 2014. The committee met in executive session on May 8, 2014 to vote on its recommendation. The majority recommended that the House pass it with changes (amendment 2014-1803h), and the minority recommended that the House kill it, by a vote of 14\u20134. The report was placed on the regular calendar. The committee's amendment (2014-1803h) was adopted on a voice vote on May 14, 2014, changing the text of the bill. On May 14, 2014 the House voted to pass it with changes on a roll call 247\u201328. On May 22, 2014 the Senate voted to reject the other chamber's changes on a voice vote, on a motion by Sen. Odell. On May 22, 2014 the House adopted \u201cRep Almy moved to accede to request for C of C\u201d on a voice vote. A committee of conference met on May 28, 2014, May 29, 2014 and May 30, 2014 to try to settle the differences between the two chambers' versions of the bill. The House adopted the conference report (2004c) on a roll call 278\u201372. The Senate adopted the conference report (2004c) on a voice vote. An enrolled bill amendment (2025eba) was adopted on a voice vote on June 12, 2014. These correct technical errors found after passage. The bill was enrolled on June 25, 2014 \u2014 the final check of the text before it goes to the governor \u2014 and an enrolled bill amendment (2014-2025e) was adopted to correct technical errors found after passage. The governor signed it on July 1, 2014, making it Chapter 158 of the session laws.", "stages": [{"label": "Senate Committee (Ways and Means)", "hand": "S:committee", "text": "It was introduced on January 8, 2014 and referred to the Senate Ways and Means committee. The committee held a public hearing on March 4, 2014. The committee recommended that the Senate pass it with changes (amendment 2014-0862s).", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the Senate Floor", "hand": "S:floor", "text": "The committee's amendment (0862s) was adopted on a voice vote on March 13, 2014, changing the text of the bill. A floor amendment (2014-0960s), offered by Sen. Odell, was adopted on a voice vote on March 13, 2014, changing the text of the bill. On March 13, 2014 the Senate voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote, then referred it on to the Senate Finance committee.", "notes": []}, {"label": "Senate Committee (Finance)", "hand": "S:committee", "text": "The committee recommended that the Senate pass it with changes (amendment 2014-1075s).", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the Senate Floor", "hand": "S:floor", "text": "The committee's amendment (1075s) was adopted on a voice vote on March 27, 2014, changing the text of the bill. On March 27, 2014 the Senate voted to pass it with changes on a voice vote and ordered it to a third reading.", "notes": []}, {"label": "House Committee (Ways and Means)", "hand": "H:committee", "text": "It crossed to the House on April 1, 2014 and was referred to the House Ways and Means committee. The committee held public hearings on April 9, 2014 and May 6, 2014. The committee met in executive session on May 8, 2014 to vote on its recommendation. The majority recommended that the House pass it with changes (amendment 2014-1803h), and the minority recommended that the House kill it, by a vote of 14\u20134. The report was placed on the regular calendar.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the House Floor", "hand": "H:floor", "text": "The committee's amendment (2014-1803h) was adopted on a voice vote on May 14, 2014, changing the text of the bill. On May 14, 2014 the House voted to pass it with changes on a roll call 247\u201328.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the Senate Floor", "hand": "S:floor", "text": "On May 22, 2014 the Senate voted to reject the other chamber's changes on a voice vote, on a motion by Sen. Odell.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the House Floor", "hand": "H:floor", "text": "On May 22, 2014 the House adopted \u201cRep Almy moved to accede to request for C of C\u201d on a voice vote.", "notes": []}, {"label": "Committee of Conference", "hand": "C:conference", "text": "A committee of conference met on May 28, 2014, May 29, 2014 and May 30, 2014 to try to settle the differences between the two chambers' versions of the bill.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the House Floor", "hand": "H:floor", "text": "The House adopted the conference report (2004c) on a roll call 278\u201372.", "notes": []}, {"label": "On the Senate Floor", "hand": "S:floor", "text": "The Senate adopted the conference report (2004c) on a voice vote.", "notes": []}, {"label": "With the Governor", "hand": "G:governor", "text": "An enrolled bill amendment (2025eba) was adopted on a voice vote on June 12, 2014. These correct technical errors found after passage. The bill was enrolled on June 25, 2014 \u2014 the final check of the text before it goes to the governor \u2014 and an enrolled bill amendment (2014-2025e) was adopted to correct technical errors found after passage. The governor signed it on July 1, 2014, making it Chapter 158 of the session laws.", "notes": []}], "notes": [], "vote_note": "4 of the floor votes on this bill were voice or division votes, which do not record how individual legislators voted.", "events": [{"date": "2014-01-08", "text": "Introduced and Referred to Ways and Means", "routine": false}, {"date": "2014-03-04", "text": "Hearing: 3/4/14, Room 103, SH, 9:15 a.m.; SC8", "routine": false, "cite": "SC 8", "cite_url": "https://gc.nh.gov/senate/calendars_journals/viewer.aspx?fileName=Calendars%5C2014%5CNo%2008%20February%2027%202014.pdf", "plain": "Public hearing, 9:15 a.m., Room 103, State House"}, {"date": "2014-03-05", "text": "Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2014-0862s, 3/13/14; SC9", "routine": false, "cite": "SC 9", "cite_url": "https://gc.nh.gov/senate/calendars_journals/viewer.aspx?fileName=Calendars%5C2014%5CNo%2009%20March%206%202014.pdf", "plain": "Committee report: pass the bill with changes (amendment 2014-0862s)"}, {"date": "2014-03-13", "text": "Committee Amendment 0862s, AA, VV", "routine": false}, {"date": "2014-03-13", "text": "Sen. 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Yvonne Thomas (D)", "s": "thomas, yvonne", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Carol Friedrich (D)", "s": "friedrich, carol", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Jill Hammond (D)", "s": "hammond, jill", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Melanie Levesque (D)", "s": "levesque, melanie", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Daniel Sullivan (D)", "s": "sullivan, daniel", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Patrick Long (D)", "s": "long, patrick", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Joel Winters (D)", "s": "winters, joel", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Richard Barry (R)", "s": "barry, richard", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Paul Hackel (D)", "s": "hackel, paul", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. John Kelley (D)", "s": "kelley, john", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Michael O'Brien (D)", "s": "o'brien, michael", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Haefner (R)", "s": "haefner, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Mary Ann Knowles (D)", "s": "knowles, mary ann", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Leigh Webb (D)", "s": "webb, leigh", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Gary Richardson (D)", "s": "richardson, gary", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Sally Kelly (D)", "s": "kelly, sally", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Lawrence Kappler (R)", "s": "kappler, lawrence", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Al Baldasaro (R)", "s": "baldasaro, al", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Elliott (R)", "s": "elliott, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Marilinda Garcia (R)", "s": "garcia, marilinda", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. James Devine (R)", "s": "devine, james", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. David Borden (D)", "s": "borden, david", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Pamela Hubbard (D)", "s": "hubbard, pamela", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Rachel Burke (D)", "s": "burke, rachel", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Perry (D)", "s": "perry, robert", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Suzanne Gottling (D)", "s": "gottling, suzanne", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Raymond Gagnon (D)", "s": "gagnon, raymond", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Stephen Spratt (D)", "s": "spratt, stephen", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Maureen Mann (D)", "s": "mann, maureen", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Ronald Boisvert (D)", "s": "boisvert, ronald", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. John Cebrowski (R)", "s": "cebrowski, john", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Shannon Chandley (D)", "s": "chandley, shannon", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Timothy Comerford (R)", "s": "comerford, timothy", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Debra DeSimone (R)", "s": "desimone, debra", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Beverly Ferrante (R)", "s": "ferrante, beverly", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Susan Ford (D)", "s": "ford, susan", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Larry Gagne (R)", "s": "gagne, larry", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Kenneth Gidge (D)", "s": "gidge, kenneth", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Warren Groen (R)", "s": "groen, warren", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Joseph Hagan (R)", "s": "hagan, joseph", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. John Hikel (R)", "s": "hikel, john", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Richard Hinch (R)", "s": "hinch, richard", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Timothy Horrigan (D)", "s": "horrigan, timothy", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Walter Kolodziej (R)", "s": "kolodziej, walter", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Frank Kotowski (R)", "s": "kotowski, frank", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Rick Ladd (R)", "s": "ladd, rick", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Michael McCarthy (R)", "s": "mccarthy, michael", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Carol McGuire (R)", "s": "mcguire, carol", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Stephen Palmer (R)", "s": "palmer, stephen", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Beatriz Pastor (D)", "s": "pastor, beatriz", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Anthony Pellegrino (R)", "s": "pellegrino, anthony", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Lawrence Perkins (R)", "s": "perkins, lawrence", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Calvin Pratt (R)", "s": "pratt, calvin", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Laurence Rappaport (R)", "s": "rappaport, laurence", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Brian Rhodes (D)", "s": "rhodes, brian", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Ted Rokas (D)", "s": "rokas, ted", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Donna Schlachman (D)", "s": "schlachman, donna", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Dianne Schuett (D)", "s": "schuett, dianne", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. John Sedensky (R)", "s": "sedensky, john", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Suzanne Smith (D)", "s": "smith, suzanne", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Todd Smith (R)", "s": "smith, todd", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Timothy Soucy (D)", "s": "soucy, timothy", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Charles Townsend (D)", "s": "townsend, charles", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Pamela Tucker (R)", "s": "tucker, pamela", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Karen Umberger (R)", "s": "umberger, karen", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Walsh (D)", "s": "walsh, robert", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Kenneth Ward (D)", "s": "ward, kenneth", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Not Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Rick Watrous (D)", "s": "watrous, rick", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Willette (R)", "s": "willette, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Peter Ramsey (D)", "s": "ramsey, peter", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Chip Rice (D)", "s": "rice, chip", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Andrew White (D)", "s": "white, andrew", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Patrick Abrami (R)", "s": "abrami, patrick", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. James Belanger (R)", "s": "belanger, james", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Regina Birdsell (R)", "s": "birdsell, regina", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. John Burt (R)", "s": "burt, john", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Cynthia Chase (D)", "s": "chase, cynthia", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Brian Chirichiello (R)", "s": "chirichiello, brian", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. James Coffey (R)", "s": "coffey, james", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Guy Comtois (R)", "s": "comtois, guy", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Timothy Copeland (R)", "s": "copeland, timothy", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Gary Coulombe (D)", "s": "coulombe, gary", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Joe Duarte (R)", "s": "duarte, joe", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Jack Flanagan (R)", "s": "flanagan, jack", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. June Frazer (D)", "s": "frazer, june", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Greemore (R)", "s": "greemore, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Peter Hansen (R)", "s": "hansen, peter", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. J.R. Hoell (R)", "s": "hoell, j.r.", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Dorothea Hooper (D)", "s": "hooper, dorothea", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Gladys Johnsen (D)", "s": "johnsen, gladys", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Laura Jones (R)", "s": "jones, laura", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. George Lambert (R)", "s": "lambert, george", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. Donald LeBrun (R)", "s": "lebrun, donald", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Benjamin Lefebvre (D)", "s": "lefebvre, benjamin", "p": "D", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Patricia Lovejoy (D)", "s": "lovejoy, patricia", "p": "D", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. David Lundgren (R)", "s": "lundgren, david", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. Robert Luther (R)", "s": "luther, robert", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Dan McGuire (R)", "s": "mcguire, dan", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Keith Murphy (R)", "s": "murphy, keith", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Jeanine Notter (R)", "s": "notter, jeanine", "p": "R", "v": "Nay"}, {"n": "Rep. John O'Connor (R)", "s": "o'connor, john", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Jeffrey Oligny (R)", "s": "oligny, jeffrey", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. James Parison (R)", "s": "parison, james", "p": "R", "v": "Yea"}, {"n": "Rep. Robbie Parsons (R)", "s": "parsons, robbie", "p": "R", "v": "Not Voting/Excused"}, {"n": "Rep. 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David W Hess", "committee": "Ways and Means", "vote_yeas": 14, "vote_nays": 4, "text": "This bill, as amended, is intended as a first step to address concerns recently raised by two superior court decisions which found the Medicaid enhancement tax (MET) as currently assessed is unconstitutional. The amendment recommended by the Majority of the committee incorporates two separate amendments independently offered which take two different approaches to address those concerns. While the committee fully believes that the current tax structure is constitutional and will be upheld by the Supreme Court, this bill, first, seeks to provide the Courts and the public with clarification of the legislative findings and intent that constitute the basis of the decision to tax the hospital inpatient and outpatient services, so as to provide for the consistent, equitable and rational taxation of revenue from these two separate and distinct classes of property as permitted under federal law. These services are distinct in many important ways from other classes of health care services including the following: a) They are provided differently; b) The services are subject to a different reimbursement methodology by public payors and even private payors; c) The services are subject to different licensing requirements under state law; d) The services are subject to different payment certification requirements under state and federal law; e) The services are accredited differently for all purposes; f) Inpatient and outpatient hospital services are potentially eligible for reimbursement of uncompensated care, and g) Inpatient and outpatient services are separate permissible classes under the federal law which regulates state health programs. Sections 1 - 12 of the bill basically retain the MET in its current form but add a critical \"Declaration of [legislative] Intent.\" Consistent with that legislative intent, the bill specifies that all funds raised by the MET are appropriated to the uncompensated care fund, and it repeals a provision in existing law which allows monies in the uncompensated care fund to lapse into the general fund at the end of each fiscal year. This portion of the bill is to take effect upon passage. The bill also contains both a severability clause and a contingency clause such that if the continuation of the MET in its current form is found to be unconstitutional despite the stated legislative intent and appropriation of MET funds contained here, then the alternative approach set forth in sections 13 - 18 automatically replaces the earlier approach. The latter approach, should it ever become effective, would expand the MET tax base to specifically include the four categories of out patient health care services which the Superior Court decisions cited in finding the MET unconstitutional. It also exempts from that tax twelve categories of health care entities and activities; establishes a threshold of $500,000 of net patient services revenue received for the four categories of services, which must be exceeded before the tax is imposed; and specifies that the net effect of these changes is to keep the MET revenue neutral. Revenue neutrality is assured by immediately dropping the MET from 5.5% to 5%, and by requiring DRA to calculate the appropriate tax rate for each subsequent year based upon the revenue received from the tax the previous fiscal year. Finally, the committee's action may best be described by the words of Winston Churchill when he described the Battle of Britain in World War II by saying: \"This is not the end. This is not even the beginning of the end. But perhaps, it is the end of the beginning.\""}, {"side": "Minority", "author": "Rep. Jordan G Ulery", "committee": "Ways and Means", "text": "MET, a sales tax on medical services, requires essential medical providers pay a tax to the state for the money to be put in a fund to be paid back to the same entity that paid the tax. Some of that money is paid by \"the fed\" yet it is still tax dollars, still increasing the cost of medicine. The majority argues this bill gives the House tools for a committee of conference. The minority argues this bill expands a tax, increases the cost of medicine. Progressive forward looking thought sees this as an opportunity to reduce paperwork, reduce tax burden and the cost of medical care by eliminating the MET. 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Odell", "proposed_by": "", "text": "", "source": "", "targets": [], "supersedes": []}, {"num": "1075s", "kind": "Committee Amendment", "where": "committee", "date": "2014-03-27", "body": "S", "adopted": true, "vote_kind": "VV", "mover": "", "proposed_by": "", "text": "", "source": "", "targets": [], "supersedes": []}, {"num": "2014-1803h", "kind": "Committee Amendment", "where": "committee", "date": "2014-05-14", "body": "H", "adopted": true, "vote_kind": "VV", "mover": "", "proposed_by": "", "text": "Proposed by the Majority of the Committee on Ways and Means-r Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following: AN ACT relative to the Medicaid enhancement tax. Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following: \ufffd1 New Paragraph: Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Definition; Inpatient Hospital Services. Amend RSA 84-A:1 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph: III-a. \"Inpatient hospital services\" means those services that are classified as inpatient hospital services for purposes of section 1903(w) of the Social Security Act, and are defined in 42 C.F.R section 440.10, regardless of the patient receiving the service or the payor for that service. \ufffd2 New Paragraph; Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Definition; Outpatient Hospital Services. Amend RSA 84- A:1 by inserting after paragraph IV-a the following new paragraph: IV-b. \"Outpatient hospital services\" means those services that are classified as outpatient hospital services for purposes of section 1903(w) of the Social Security Act, and are defined in 42 C.F.R. section 440.20, regardless of the patient receiving the service or the payor for that service. \ufffd3 Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Definition; Net Patient Services Revenue. Amend RSA 84-A:1, IV-a to read as follows: IV-a. \"Net patient services revenue\" means the gross charges of the hospital for inpatient and outpatient hospital services less any deducted amounts for bad debts, charity care, and payor discounts. \"Net patient services revenue\" shall include revenues received from the state's uncompensated care account and revenues received from all payers of inpatient and outpatient [patient care] hospital services. \ufffd4 Imposition of Tax. Amend RSA 84-A:2 to read as follows: 84-A:2 Imposition of Tax. A health care-related tax is imposed at a rate of 5.5 percent upon the net patient services revenue of every hospital for the hospital's fiscal year ending during the first full calendar year preceding the taxable period. \ufffd5 Tax Due. RSA 84-A:3 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: 84-A:3 Tax Due. I. For the taxable period beginning July 1, 2014, and for every taxable period thereafter, each hospital shall pay 25 percent of its Medicaid enhancement tax due and payable for the taxable period no later than the fifteenth day of October, January, March, and June of the taxable period. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other law, no penalty or interest shall be imposed for failure to make payment of tax when due if such payment is made on or before the last day of the month in which such payment is due. II. If the return required by RSA 84-A:4 shows an additional amount of tax to be due, such additional amount is due and payable at the time the return is due. \ufffd6 Returns. Amend RSA 84-A:4 to read as follows: 84-A:4 Returns. Every hospital shall on or before the [tenth] fifteenth day of [the month following the expiration of] June in the taxable period make a return to the commissioner. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the form of such return and the data which it must contain for the correct computation of net patient services revenue and the tax assessed upon such amount. All returns shall be signed by the taxpayer or by its authorized representative, subject to the pains and penalties of perjury. If such return shows an overpayment of the tax due, the commissioner shall refund or credit the overpayment to the hospital in accordance with RSA 21-J:28-a. \ufffd7 Method of Payment; Reference Corrected. Amend RSA 84-A:5, I to read as follows: I. The payments required by RSA 84-A:3[, II-a] shall be made by electronic transfer of moneys to the state treasurer and deposited to the uncompensated care fund established by RSA 167:64. \ufffd8 New Sections; Medicaid Enhancement Taxes; Declaration of Intent; Severability. Amend RSA 84-A by inserting after section 13 the following new sections: 84-A:14 Declaration of Intent. It is the declared intent of this chapter to provide for the consistent, equitable, and rational taxation of revenue received from inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital services, which are 2 separate and distinct classes of property and are permissible classes of health care-related services which may be taxed in accordance with federal law to ensure access to Federal Financial Participation. In addition, it is the declared intent of this chapter to enact a health care-related tax, as permitted under section 1903(w) of the Social Security Act, upon the revenue derived from inpatient and outpatient hospital services, which are distinct from other classes of health care services, are subject to a different reimbursement methodology for public payors, are subject to different licensing and certification requirements, are potentially eligible for uncompensated care payments under the disproportionate share hospital program, and which provide a necessary, rational, and demonstrated public health benefit. 84-A:15 Severability. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable. This severability clause shall apply to the application of this chapter to revenue from inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital services, such that the invalidity of either shall not affect the application of the statute to the other. \ufffd9 Uncompensated Care Fund. Amend RSA 167:64 to read as follows: 167:64 Uncompensated Care Fund. I. There is hereby established in the state treasury an uncompensated care fund which shall consist of the moneys collected pursuant to RSA 84-A. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys paid into the fund shall be exempt from any state budget reductions, and the commissioner is authorized to expend these funds, together with matching federal funds, as follows: (a)(1) The commissioner may provide reimbursement for uncompensated care costs in accordance with the approved schedule of payments through either Medicaid rate adjustments or disproportionate share hospital payment adjustments, or a combination thereof, provided however that no hospital shall receive any such reimbursement for uncompensated care costs unless it is a qualified hospital as defined in subparagraph (b)(1). Funds available under this section shall also be used to make medical provider payments and to support [the state's Medicaid enhancement tax unrestricted revenue account], public assistance programs administered by the department pursuant to this chapter in amounts directed by the budget in each year of the biennium. Expenditure of revenues deposited to the uncompensated care fund shall be made for the following purposes in the following order of priority: (A) To support medical provider payments as budgeted in each year of the biennium; (B) [To support the state's Medicaid enhancement tax unrestricted revenue account as budgeted in each year of the biennium; (C)] To make disproportionate share hospital payments to support up to 75 percent of the uncompensated care costs of New Hampshire's hospitals with critical access designation as available funding allows, to be shared among such hospitals in proportion to the amount of uncompensated care provided; [(D)] (C) To make a disproportionate share hospital payment to each hospital that meets the criteria set forth for \"deemed disproportionate share hospitals\" as that term is defined under 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4 [in] up to an amount as budgeted in each year of the biennium based on available funding; [(E)] (D) To support the uncompensated care costs of New Hampshire's hospitals without critical access designation up to an amount as budgeted in each year of the biennium based on available funding in proportion to the amount of uncompensated care provided by each hospital consistent with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4(g) and any relevant federal regulations promulgated thereunder; and [(F) Any remaining funds produced from the Medicaid enhancement tax shall be used] (E) To reduce hospital losses associated with providing services to Medicaid recipients through an increase in provider reimbursement rates up to an amount as budgeted in each year of the biennium based on available funding; and (F) Any remaining funds produced from the Medicaid enhancement tax shall be used to support public assistance programs administered by the department pursuant to this chapter. (2) Should funds be inadequate to make a disproportionate share hospital payment to hospitals within either of the groups identified in subparagraph [(1)(C)] (1)(B) or [(1)(E)] (1)(D), an amount of $1,000,000 shall be designated to make payments in accordance with 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4(b) and distributed as follows: (A) Equally to each group of hospitals should both groups be impacted, and distributed among each of the hospitals within each group in proportion to the amount of uncompensated care provided; or (B) If only hospitals in subparagraph [(1)(E)] (1)(D) are impacted, distributed to those hospitals in proportion to the amount of uncompensated care provided. (b)(1) The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to develop and implement a schedule of payments for reimbursement of the uncompensated care costs consistent with the level of funding made available for such payments in each year of the biennium, incurred by those hospitals that are qualified as follows: (A) The hospital is a \"deemed disproportionate share hospital\" as defined by criteria set forth under 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4 and is not otherwise receiving a disproportionate share hospital payment, or (B) The hospital participates in the provider network of the state Medicaid Care Management program [which shall be evidenced by written proof of an agreement in principle by July 1, 2013 with a final agreement by August 1, 2013]. (2) The reimbursement of uncompensated care costs paid in state fiscal year 2014 and state fiscal year 2015 and thereafter shall be in accordance with the schedule of payments to hospitals that takes effect on or after July 1, 2013, subject to the prior review and approval of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and shall be structured in a manner that is consistent with all federal laws and regulations governing (i) Title XIX disproportionate share hospital payment adjustments and other rate payments, (ii) conditions for receiving federal financial participation, and (iii) permissible sources of state financial participation as provided for under 42 C.F.R. part 433 and all other applicable federal regulations. (c) For purposes of this section, uncompensated care costs shall include: any charity care cost, and any portion of Medicaid-covered patient care costs unreimbursed by Medicaid payments, that the commissioner determines would meet the criteria under 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4(g) governing hospital-specific limits on disproportionate share hospital payments under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and the provisions of all federal regulations promulgated thereunder. (d) One percent of the funds made available for uncompensated care payments shall be placed in a separate class line reserved for the expenses of the department in administering this subdivision. II. Moneys in the uncompensated care fund shall be continually appropriated to the department for the purposes of this subdivision. [III. The balance of the moneys remaining in the fund at the end of each fiscal year shall lapse into the general fund.] \ufffd10 Operating Budget; Department of Health and Human Services; Provider Payments. Amend 2013, 143.1, 05, 95, 47, 470010, 7940, estimated source of funds for provider payments, to read as follows: ESTIMATED SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR PROVIDER PAYMENTS 007 Agency Income 18,601,359 19,078,123 009 Agency Income [81,691,149] 153,891,149 [90,291,149] 163,991,149 FEDERAL FUNDS 229,814,212 219,781,567 GENERAL FUNDS [115,098,935] 42,898,935 [95,750,212] 22,050,212 TOTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS 445,205,655 424,901,051 \ufffd 11 Estimates Revenues. Amend 2013, 143:17 to read as follows: 143:17 Estimates of Unrestricted Revenue. GENERAL FUND FY 2014 FY 2015 BUSINESS PROFITS TAX $276,010,000 $281,700,000 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE TAX 73,600,000 75,100,000 SUBTOTAL BUSINESS TAXES 349,610,000 356,800,000 MEALS AND ROOMS TAX 242,400,000 [1,381,995,000] 247,360,000 TOBACCO TAX 127,000,000 121,900,000 TRANSFER FROM LIQUOR 133,400,000 136,800,000 INTEREST AND DIVIDENDS TAX INSURANCE 96,100,000 98,000,000 COMMUNICATIONS TAX 86,900,000 109,500,000 REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX 62,500,000 COURT FINES & FEES 63,575,000 62,500,000 SECURITIES REVENUE 13,000,000 64,835,000 UTILITY CONSUMPTION TAX 37,600,000 13,000,000 BOARD AND CARE 37,600,000 BEER TAX 6,000,000 OTHER REVENUES 27,500,000 6,000,000 TOBACCO SETTLEMENT 13,200,000 28,200,000 SUBTOTAL 77,200,000 13,200,000 [MEDICAID ENHANCEMENT TAX 77,500,000 MEDICAID RECOVERIES 2,400,000 TOTAL GENERAL FUND 1,338,385,000 1,900,000 1,375,095,000 72,200,000 5,400,000 73,700,000] 5,400,000 1,343,785,000 1,380,495,000 EDUCATION FUND FY 2014 FY 2015 BUSINESS PROFITS TAX 58,550,000 59,800,000 BUSINESS ENTERPRISE TAX 149,440,000 152,600,000 SUBTOTAL BUSINESS TAXES 207,990,000 212,400,000 MEALS AND ROOMS TAX TOBACCO TAX 7,800,000 7,840,000 REAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX 74,600,000 71,600,000 TRANSFER FROM LOTTERY 31,325,000 31,925,000 TRANSFER FROM RACING 73,100,000 75,000,000 & CHARITABLE GAMING TOBACCO SETTLEMENT 3,400,000 3,400,000 UTILITY PROPERTY TAX 40,000,000 40,000,000 STATEWIDE PROPERTY TAX 34,500,000 35,400,000 TOTAL EDUCATION FUND 363,600,000 363,600,000 836,315,000 841,165,000 HIGHWAY FUND FY 2014 FY 2015 GASOLINE ROAD TOLL 122,750,000 122,050,000 MOTOR VEHICLE FEES 109,473,000 109,873,000 MISCELLANEOUS TOTAL HIGHWAY FUND 15,800,000 15,000,000 248,023,000 246,923,000 FISH AND GAME FUND FY 2014 FY 2015 FISH AND GAME LICENSES 8,500,000 8,500,000 FINES AND MISCELLANEOUS 1,644,000 1,644,000 TOTAL FISH AND GAME FUND 10,144,000 10,144,000 \ufffd12 Applicability. Sections 1-4, 8, and 9 of this act shall take effect upon its passage and shall apply to taxable periods beginning on or after July 1, 2013. \ufffd13 Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Definition; Hospital Changed to Health Care Provider. RSA 84-A:1, III is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: III. \"Health care provider\" shall mean any person or entity which provides health care services set forth in 42 C.F.R. section 433.56 (a) (1), (2), (9), (15), (17) and (18) and which has a net patient services revenue in excess of $500,000. \ufffd14 Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Definition; Net Patient Services Revenue. RSA 84-A:1, IV-a is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: IV-a. \"Net patient services revenue\" means the gross charges of any health care provider not specifically exempted from the provisions of this chapter for health care services set forth in 42 C.F.R. section 433.56(a) (1), (2), (9), (15), (17), and (18) less any deducted amounts for bad debts, charity care, and payor discounts. \"Net patient services revenue\" shall include revenues received from the state's uncompensated care account and revenues received from all payers of health care services set forth in 42 C.F.R. section 433.56(a)(1), (2), (9), 15, 17, and 18. \ufffd15 Imposition of Tax. RSA 84-A:2 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows: 84-A:2 Imposition of Tax. I. For the taxable period beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015, a tax is imposed at a rate of 5 percent upon the net patient services revenue of every health care provider for the health care provider's fiscal year ending during the first full calendar year preceding the taxable period. II. For each taxable period beginning July 1, 2015 and every taxable period thereafter, the commissioner of revenue administration shall calculate the tax rate for such taxable period. The rate shall be a maximum of 5 percent but shall be reduced in order to produce the same amount of revenue received in the taxable period ending June 30, 2015. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to: (a) The certification of the tax rate to be applied in each taxable period beginning with the taxable period ending June 30, 2016; and (b) The forms and any information that shall be furnished to the department from health care provider's for certification of the tax rate. \ufffd16 New Section; Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Exemptions. Amend RSA 84-A by inserting after section 2 the following new section: 84-A:2-a Exemptions. The tax and reporting duties imposed pursuant to this chapter shall not apply to the following entities and activities: I. Nursing homes and other residential care facilities, such as board and care homes, adult foster homes, boarding care homes, and adult day care centers. II. Home health agencies. III. Providers of personal care services. IV. Providers of private duty nursing services. V. An entity that employs health care providers to service only their employees. VI. An educational institution that provides services to its students, if it does not charge for extended coverage. VII. Services provided to nursing homes and in connection with assisted living and congregate housing programs. VIII. Examinations for insurance, employment, and litigation. IX. Mental health services. X. Hospice services. XI. Residential services for the developmentally disabled. XII. Any ambulance services paid for or furnished by the federal government or any state or municipal public body pursuant to 42 C.F.R. section 433.68(c). \ufffd17 Change From \"Hospital\" to \"Health Care Provider.\" Amend the following RSA provisions by replacing \"hospital\" or \"hospitals\" with \"health care provider\" or \"health care providers:\" 84-A:1, VI, 84-A:6, 84-A:7, 84-A:8. \ufffd18 Repeal. The following are repealed: I. 84-A:1, III-a, relative to the definition of inpatient hospital services. II. 84-A:1, IV-b, relative to the definition of outpatient hospital services. \ufffd19 Contingency. If the provisions inserted by section 1-4 of this act are found unconstitutional, then sections 13-18 of this act shall take effect on the date on which the commissioner of revenue administration certifies to the secretary of state and the director of legislative services that sections 1-4 have been found to be unconstitutional. \ufffd20 Effective Date. I. Sections 5-7 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2014. II. Sections 13-18 of this act shall take effect as provided in section 19 of this act. III. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage. 2014-1803h AMENDED ANALYSIS This bill revises services taxable under the Medicaid enhancement tax and clarifies that the Medicaid enhancement tax is a health care-related tax. The bill inserts certain contingency provisions, including a provision changing the rate of the tax, which will take effect if the original revisions made by the bill are found unconstitutional. 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The bill also changes the payment schedule for the tax and the method for collecting overdue tax payments.\n\nThis bill prescribes expenditures from the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund.", "body": "03/13/14 0862s\n\n03/13/14 0960s\n\n03/27/14 1075s\n\n14May2014\u2026 1803h\n\n06/04/14\u20262004CofC\n\n06/04/14 2025EBA\n\nBe it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:\n\n158:1 Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Definition; Hospital. Amend RSA 84-A:1, III to read as follows:\n\nIII. \u201cHospital\u201d means general hospitals [ and special hospitals for rehabilitation] required to be licensed under RSA 151 that provide inpatient and outpatient hospital services, but not including government facilities.\n\n158:2 New Paragraph: Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Definition; Inpatient Hospital Services. Amend RSA 84-A:1 by inserting after paragraph III the following new paragraph:\n\nIII-a. \u201cInpatient hospital services\u201d means those services that are classified as inpatient hospital services for purposes of section 1903(w) of the Social Security Act, and are defined in 42 C.F.R. section 440.10, regardless of the patient receiving the service or the payor for that service.\n\n158:3 New Paragraph; Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Definition; Outpatient Hospital Services. Amend RSA 84-A:1 by inserting after paragraph IV-a the following new paragraph:\n\nIV-b. \u201cOutpatient hospital services\u201d means those services that are classified as outpatient hospital services for purposes of section 1903(w) of the Social Security Act, and are defined in 42 C.F.R. section 440.20, regardless of the patient receiving the service or the payor for that service.\n\n158:4 Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Definition; Net Patient Services Revenue. Amend RSA 84-A:1, IV-a to read as follows:\n\nIV-a. \u201cNet patient services revenue\u201d means the gross charges of the hospital for inpatient and outpatient hospital services less any deducted amounts for bad debts, charity care, and payor discounts. \u201cNet patient services revenue\u201d shall include revenues received from the state\u2019s uncompensated care account and revenues received from all payers of inpatient and outpatient [ patient care] hospital services.\n\n158:5 Imposition of Tax. RSA 84-A:2 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\n84-A:2 Imposition of Tax.\n\nI. For the taxable period ending June 30, 2014, a tax is imposed at a rate of 5.5 percent upon the net patient services revenue of every hospital for the hospital's fiscal year ending during the first full calendar year preceding the taxable period.\n\nII. For the taxable period ending June 30, 2015, a tax is imposed at a rate of 5.5 percent upon the net patient services revenue of every hospital for the hospital\u2019s fiscal year ending during the calendar year in which the taxable period begins.\n\nIII. For the taxable period ending June 30, 2016, a tax is imposed at a rate of 5.45 percent upon the net patient services revenue of every hospital for the hospital\u2019s fiscal year ending during the calendar year in which the taxable period begins.\n\nIV. For the taxable period ending June 30, 2017, a tax is imposed at a rate of 5.4 percent upon the net patient services revenue of every hospital for the hospital\u2019s fiscal year ending during the calendar year in which the taxable period begins.\n\nV. For the taxable period ending June 30, 2018, and for every taxable period thereafter, a tax is imposed at a rate of 5.4 percent upon the net patient services revenue of every hospital for the hospital\u2019s fiscal year ending during the calendar year in which the taxable period begins unless the total aggregate uncompensated care for hospitals with both a critical and a noncritical access hospital designation falls below $375 million, at which point the tax rate shall be 5.25 percent.\n\n158:6 Tax Due; Offset For Past Due Payments. RSA 84-A:3 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\n84-A:3 Tax Due; Offset for Past Due Payments.\n\nI. For the taxable period beginning July 1, 2014, and for every taxable period thereafter, each hospital shall pay 100 percent of its Medicaid enhancement tax due and payable for the taxable period no later than the fifteenth day of April.\n\nII. Payments due under this section which are past due from any hospital by more than 60 days may be collected from such hospital by means of offset against any amounts due and payable to such hospital by any program operated by the department of health and human services including, but not limited to, programs of medical assistance authorized under the Title XIX or XXI of the Social Security Act and operated by the department of health and human services, or any other state program under which the state purchases services from such a hospital. The department of revenue administration shall establish a plan for reporting the necessary information to the department of health and human services or other appropriate state department to collect offsets under this section.\n\n158:7 Returns. Amend RSA 84-A:4 to read as follows:\n\n84-A:4 Returns. Every hospital shall on or before the [ tenth] fifteenth day of [ the month following the expiration of] April in the taxable period make a return to the commissioner. The commissioner shall adopt rules, pursuant to RSA 541-A, relative to the form of such return and the data which it must contain for the correct computation of net patient services revenue and the tax assessed upon such amount. All returns shall be signed by the taxpayer or by its authorized representative, subject to the pains and penalties of perjury. If such return shows an overpayment of the tax due, the commissioner shall refund or credit the overpayment to the hospital in accordance with RSA 21-J:28-a. Every hospital shall on or before January 15 in the taxable period make a nonbinding estimate of its projected tax payment.\n\n158:8 Method of Payment; Reference Corrected. Amend RSA 84-A:5, I to read as follows:\n\nI. The payments required by RSA 84-A:3[, II-a] shall be made by electronic transfer of moneys to the state treasurer and deposited to the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund established by RSA 167:64.\n\n158:9 New Sections; Medicaid Enhancement Taxes; Declaration of Intent; Severability. Amend RSA 84-A by inserting after section 13 the following new sections:\n\n84-A:14 Declaration of Intent. It is the declared intent of this chapter to provide for the consistent, equitable, and rational taxation of revenue received from inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital services, which are 2 separate and distinct classes of property and are permissible classes of health care-related services which may be taxed in accordance with federal law to ensure access to Federal Financial Participation. In addition, it is the declared intent of this chapter to enact a health care-related tax, as permitted under section 1903(w) of the Social Security Act, upon the revenue derived from inpatient and outpatient hospital services, which are distinct from other classes of health care services, are subject to a different reimbursement methodology for public payors, are subject to different licensing and certification requirements, are potentially eligible for uncompensated care payments under the disproportionate share hospital program, and which provide a necessary, rational, and demonstrated public health benefit.\n\n84-A:15 Severability. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provisions or applications, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable. This severability clause shall apply to the application of this chapter to revenue from inpatient hospital services and outpatient hospital services, such that the invalidity of either shall not affect the application of the statute to the other.\n\n158:10 Substantial Understatement Penalty. Amend RSA 21-J:33-a, I to read as follows:\n\nI. If there is a substantial understatement of tax imposed under RSA 77, RSA 77-A, RSA 77-E, RSA 78-A, RSA 78-C, RSA 82-A [ or] RSA 83-C, [ or] RSA 83-E, or RSA 84-A for any taxable period, there shall be added to the tax an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount of any underpayment attributable to such understatement.\n\n158:11 Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Definition; Uncompensated Care and Medicaid Fund. Amend RSA 84-A:1, VI to read as follows:\n\nVI. \u201cUncompensated care and Medicaid fund\u201d means the fund established in RSA 167:64 to reimburse hospitals for costs associated with uncompensated care and shortfalls in publicly funded programs.\n\n158:12 Subdivision Heading. Amend the subdivision heading preceding RSA 167:63 to read as follows:\n\nUncompensated Care and Medicaid Fund\n\n158:13 Uncompensated Care and Medicaid Fund. RSA 167:64 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:\n\n167:64 Uncompensated Care and Medicaid Fund.\n\nI. There is hereby established in the state treasury an uncompensated care and Medicaid fund which shall consist of the moneys collected pursuant to RSA 84-A. Investment earnings of the fund shall be credited to the fund. Moneys paid into the fund shall be exempt from any state budget reductions, and the commissioner is authorized to expend these funds, together with matching federal funds, as follows:\n\n(a)(1) The commissioner shall provide reimbursement for uncompensated care costs in accordance with the approved schedule of payments through either Medicaid rate adjustments or disproportionate share hospital payment adjustments, or a combination thereof, provided however that no hospital shall receive any such reimbursement for uncompensated care costs unless it is a qualified hospital as defined in subparagraph (b)(1). Funds available under this section shall also be used to make provider payments and to support Medicaid services and programs administered by the department in amounts directed by the budget in each year of the biennium.\n\n(2) Expenditure of revenues deposited to the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund shall be made for the following purposes in the following order of priority in fiscal year 2015:\n\n(A) To support medical provider payments as budgeted in each year of the biennium;\n\n(B) To make disproportionate share hospital payments to support up to 75 percent of the uncompensated care costs of New Hampshire\u2019s hospitals with critical access designation consistent with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4(g) and any relevant federal regulations promulgated thereunder as budgeted in each year of the biennium based on available funding, to be shared among such hospitals in proportion to the amount of uncompensated care provided;\n\n(C) To make disproportionate share hospital payments to support the uncompensated care costs of New Hampshire\u2019s general hospitals without critical access designation shared among such hospitals consistent with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4(g) and any relevant federal regulations promulgated thereunder in proportion to the amount of uncompensated care provided with funds available from net Medicaid enhancement tax revenue received by the state in fiscal year 2015 in excess of $190,300,000; and\n\n(D) To make a disproportionate share hospital payment to each hospital that meets the criteria set forth for \u201cdeemed disproportionate share hospitals\u201d as that term is defined under 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4 up to an amount as budgeted in each year of the biennium based on available funding.\n\n(3) Subject to subparagraph (a)(3)(D), expenditure of revenues deposited to the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund shall be made for the following purposes in the following order of priority in fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, and in addition in fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, if New Hampshire hospitals\u2019 total aggregate uncompensated care costs as reported to the department in any such fiscal year is less than $350,000,000, the state shall pay New Hampshire\u2019s hospitals not less than $175,000,000 in disproportionate share hospital payments, shared among such hospitals in proportion to the amount of uncompensated care provided; provided that New Hampshire hospitals with a critical access hospital designation shall continue to receive reimbursements of no less than 75 percent of each hospital\u2019s uncompensated care costs and no hospital shall be paid disproportionate share hospital payments of more than 100 percent of uncompensated care costs:\n\n(A) To make disproportionate share hospital payments to New Hampshire hospitals with and without critical access designation in the following order of priority, provided that, in fiscal years 2016 and 2017, the New Hampshire hospitals shall not be paid more than a cap of $224,000,000 in disproportionate share hospital payments and in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 the New Hampshire hospitals shall not be paid more than a cap of $241,900,000 in disproportionate share hospital payments:\n\n(i) To support 75 percent of the uncompensated care costs of New Hampshire\u2019s hospitals with critical access designation consistent with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4(g) and any relevant federal regulations promulgated thereunder to be shared among such hospitals in proportion to the amount of uncompensated care provided;\n\n(ii) To make disproportionate share hospital payments to support 50 percent of the uncompensated care costs of New Hampshire\u2019s hospitals without critical access hospital designation in fiscal year 2016 and 2017 and 55 percent of uncompensated care costs of New Hampshire\u2019s hospitals without critical access hospital designation in fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019 and in fiscal years thereafter consistent with the requirements of 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4(g) and any relevant federal regulations promulgated thereunder in proportion to the amount of uncompensated care provided and up to the remaining amount of the applicable cap set forth in subparagraph (a)(3)(A), but not less than the amount guaranteed in disproportionate share hospital payments as set forth in subparagraph (a)(3); and\n\n(B) To make a disproportionate share hospital payment to each hospital that meets the criteria set forth for \u201cdeemed disproportionate share hospitals\u201d as that term is defined under 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4 up to an amount as budgeted in each year of the biennium.\n\n(C) Any remaining funds produced from the Medicaid enhancement tax shall be used to support provider payments and to support Medicaid services and programs administered by the department.\n\n(D) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary, in each of fiscal years 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, the amount of uncompensated care reimbursed to non-critical access hospitals shall be reduced in both state contribution and federal match by any shortfall in net Medicaid enhancement tax revenues received below the following thresholds: fiscal year 2016 - $220.5 million; fiscal year 2017 - $228.1 million; fiscal year 2018 - $235.9 million; and fiscal year 2019 - $243.4 million. However, to the extent the aggregate uncompensated care for all hospitals falls below $375 million and the Medicaid enhancement tax rate is further reduced as set forth in RSA 84-A:2, V, then the threshold for fiscal year 2018 shall be $229.4 million and for fiscal year 2019 shall be $235.7 million. Further, the caps in subparagraph (a)(3)(A) and the reimbursements and caps in subparagraph (a)(3)(A)(ii) shall be reduced by 85 percent of the difference between total Medicaid enhancement tax revenue calculated at 5.5 percent of net patient services revenue and Medicaid enhancement tax revenue at the current tax rate for the applicable fiscal year.\n\n(b)(1) The commissioner is hereby authorized and directed to develop and implement a schedule of payments for reimbursement of the uncompensated care costs consistent with the level of funding made available for such payments in each year of any biennium, incurred by those hospitals that are qualified as follows:\n\n(A) The hospital is a \u201cdeemed disproportionate share hospital\u201d as defined by criteria set forth under 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4 and is not otherwise receiving a disproportionate share hospital payment; or\n\n(B) The hospital:\n\n(i) Meets the minimum criteria for disproportionate share eligibility under relevant federal statutory changes at 42 U.S.C. 1396r-4(d);\n\n(ii) Is not a special hospital for rehabilitation; and\n\n(iii) Participates in the provider network of the state Medicaid care management program.\n\n(2) The reimbursement of uncompensated care costs paid in state fiscal year 2015 and thereafter shall be in accordance with the schedule of payments to hospitals consistent with this section and shall be structured in a manner that is consistent with all federal laws and regulations governing (i) Title XIX disproportionate share hospital payment adjustments and other rate payments, (ii) conditions for receiving federal financial participation, and (iii) permissible sources of state financial participation as provided for under 42 C.F.R. part 433 and all other applicable federal regulations. Disproportionate share hospital payments shall be made under this paragraph by May 31 in any fiscal year.\n\n(c) For purposes of this section, uncompensated care costs shall include: any charity care cost, and any portion of Medicaid-covered patient care costs unreimbursed by Medicaid payments, that the commissioner determines would meet the criteria under 42 U.S.C. section 1396r-4(g) governing hospital-specific limits on disproportionate share hospital payments under Title XIX of the Social Security Act and the provisions of all federal regulations promulgated thereunder.\n\n(d) One percent of the funds made available for uncompensated care payments shall be placed in a separate class line reserved for the expenses of the department in administering this subdivision.\n\nII. Moneys in the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund shall be continually appropriated to the department for the purposes of this subdivision.\n\nIII. The department shall secure all necessary waivers pursuant to 42 C.F.R. section 433.68 and approvals of state plan amendments from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS).\n\nIV. Payment of disproportionate share hospital payments under this section is contingent upon New Hampshire receiving a sufficient federal Medicaid disproportionate share hospital allotment from CMS.\n\n158:14 Uncompensated Care Fund; Definition; Hospital. Amend RSA 167:63, IV to read as follows:\n\nIV. \u201cHospital\u201d means general hospitals [ and special hospitals for rehabilitation] required to be licensed under RSA 151, but not including government facilities.\n\n158:15 Operating Budget; Department of Health and Human Services; Provider Payments. Amend 2013, 143:1, 05, 95, 47, 470010, 7940, estimated source of funds for provider payments, to read as follows:\n\nESTIMATED SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR\n\nPROVIDER PAYMENTS\n\n007 Agency Income 18,601,359 19,078,123\n\n009 Agency Income [ 81,691,149] 153,891,149 [ 90,291,149] 163,991,149\n\nFEDERAL FUNDS 229,814,212 219,781,567\n\nGENERAL FUNDS [ 115,098,935] 42,898,935 [ 95,750,212] 22,050,212\n\nTOTAL SOURCE OF FUNDS 445,205,655 424,901,051\n\n158:16 Estimates Revenues. Amend 2013, 143:17 to read as follows:\n\n143:17 Estimates of Unrestricted Revenue.\n\nGENERAL FUND FY 2014 FY 2015\n\nBUSINESS PROFITS TAX $276,010,000 $281,700,000\n\nBUSINESS ENTERPRISE TAX 73,600,000 75,100,000\n\nSUBTOTAL BUSINESS TAXES 349,610,000 356,800,000\n\nMEALS AND ROOMS TAX 242,400,000 247,360,000\n\nTOBACCO TAX 127,000,000 121,900,000\n\nTRANSFER FROM LIQUOR 133,400,000 136,800,000\n\nINTEREST AND DIVIDENDS TAX 96,100,000 98,000,000\n\nINSURANCE 86,900,000 109,500,000\n\nCOMMUNICATIONS TAX 62,500,000 62,500,000\n\nREAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX 63,575,000 64,835,000\n\nCOURT FINES & FEES 13,000,000 13,000,000\n\nSECURITIES REVENUE 37,600,000 37,600,000\n\nUTILITY CONSUMPTION TAX 6,000,000 6,000,000\n\nBOARD AND CARE 27,500,000 28,200,000\n\nBEER TAX 13,200,000 13,200,000\n\nOTHER REVENUES 77,200,000 77,500,000\n\nTOBACCO SETTLEMENT 2,400,000 1,900,000\n\nSUBTOTAL 1,338,385,000 1,375,095,000\n\n[ MEDICAID ENHANCEMENT TAX 72,200,000 73,700,000]\n\nMEDICAID RECOVERIES 5,400,000 5,400,000\n\nTOTAL GENERAL FUND [ 1,415,985,000] 1,343,785,000 [ 1,454,195,000] 1,380,495,000\n\nEDUCATION FUND FY 2014 FY 2015\n\nBUSINESS PROFITS TAX 58,550,000 59,800,000\n\nBUSINESS ENTERPRISE TAX 149,440,000 152,600,000\n\nSUBTOTAL BUSINESS TAXES 207,990,000 212,400,000\n\nMEALS AND ROOMS TAX 7,800,000 7,840,000\n\nTOBACCO TAX 74,600,000 71,600,000\n\nREAL ESTATE TRANSFER TAX 31,325,000 31,925,000\n\nTRANSFER FROM LOTTERY 73,100,000 75,000,000\n\nTRANSFER FROM RACING\n\n& CHARITABLE GAMING 3,400,000 3,400,000\n\nTOBACCO SETTLEMENT 40,000,000 40,000,000\n\nUTILITY PROPERTY TAX 34,500,000 35,400,000\n\nSTATEWIDE PROPERTY TAX 363,600,000 363,600,000\n\nTOTAL EDUCATION FUND 836,315,000 841,165,000\n\nHIGHWAY FUND FY 2014 FY 2015\n\nGASOLINE ROAD TOLL 122,750,000 122,050,000\n\nMOTOR VEHICLE FEES 109,473,000 109,873,000\n\nMISCELLANEOUS 15,800,000 15,000,000\n\nTOTAL HIGHWAY FUND 248,023,000 246,923,000\n\nFISH AND GAME FUND FY 2014 FY 2015\n\nFISH AND GAME LICENSES 8,500,000 8,500,000\n\nFINES AND MISCELLANEOUS 1,644,000 1,644,000\n\nTOTAL FISH AND GAME FUND 10,144,000 10,144,000\n\n158:17 Applicability. Sections 2-4, and 9-12 of this act shall take effect upon its passage and shall apply to taxable periods beginning on or after July 1, 2013.\n\n158:18 Applicability; Medicaid Enhancement Tax; Uncompensated Care Fund; Definition of Hospital. Sections 1 and 14 of this act, deleting special hospitals for rehabilitation from the definition of \u201chospital\u201d under the Medicaid enhancement tax and the uncompensated care and Medicaid fund, shall take effect on July 1, 2014, and shall apply to the taxable period ending June 30, 2014 and to every taxable period thereafter.\n\n158:19 Reports.\n\nI. The department of revenue administration shall submit a report to the fiscal committee of the general court on the details of the reporting plan required by RSA 84-A:3, II, as inserted by section 6 of this act, on or before September 30, 2014.\n\nII. The department of revenue administration and the department of health and human services shall submit a report to the fiscal committee of the general court recommending adjustments to the uncompensated care program that reflect funding levels at no less than those provided by this act for fiscal year 2019. Such report shall be submitted no later than October 1, 2018.\n\n158:20 Effective Date.\n\nI. Sections 6-8 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2014.\n\nII. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.\n\nApproved: June 30, 2014\n\nEffective Date: I. Sections 6-8 shall take effect July 1, 2014.\n\nII. 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