HB2938 - Tennessee: Hospitals And Health Care Facilities, Tenncare, Titles, Short

Companion Bill SB3095. Hospitals and Health Care Facilities - Revises disposition of essential access funds to hospitals; establishes a special set aside for rural hospitals; and enacts the "Act to Save Rural Hospitals of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *HB2938 / SB3095Increase State Expenditures - $16,034,500 Other Fiscal Impact - Decrease Federal Expenditures - $16,034,500 Bill Summary for *HB2938 / SB3095 This bill requires that essential access payments to TennCare providers pursuant to the General Appropriations Act be paid in accordance with the following: (1) 75 percent of appropriate funds for such payments must be distributed in accordance with the formula in effect for distribution of essential access payment for fiscal year 2007-2008 and 25 percent must be distributed only to rural hospitals in accordance [...]

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