How SB 13 changes current law

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The bill modifies the assessment process and reporting requirements related to hospital funding and oversight.

• § 1032

  The assessment imposed under § 1032 of this title is suspended, and a hospital does not have an obligation to pay the assessment, when the Commission certifies in a notice to the Registrar of Regulations that any of the following apply: → (c) The assessment imposed under § 1032 of this title is suspended, and a hospital does not have an obligation to pay the assessment, when the Commission certifies in a notice to the Registrar of Regulations that any of the following apply:

  Clarifies the conditions under which the assessment can be suspended.

• § 1032

  Seventy-two percent → Sixty-six percent

  Reduces the percentage allocation for increased payments to hospitals.

• § 1032

  Twenty-eight percent → Thirty-four percent

  Increases the percentage allocation for other approved uses of the funds.

• § 1032

  The Commission may make changes to regulations pertaining to the assessment directly. → The Commission shall, in collaboration with the Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance and the Delaware Health Care Commission, develop and recommend to the General Assembly modifications of Subchapter II of this chapter and this subchapter necessary to assure the assessment imposed under § 1032 of this title meets eligibility requirements for federal financial participation under Title XIX of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1396 through 1396w-7.

  Changes the process for making statutory modifications from direct action by the Commission to a recommendation process for the General Assembly.

• § 10004 of Title 29

  The Commission is not subject to the open meetings requirement. → The Commission is a public body, subject to the open meetings requirement of § 10004 of Title 29; provided, however, that the Commission may schedule and conduct private meetings with hospitals when the content of the discussion will include information that is commercial or financial information of a privileged or confidential nature.

  Establishes that the Commission must hold open meetings with specific exceptions for confidentiality.

• On or before September 1, 2025, and on or before September 1, 2026, each hospital that has or will receive increased payments under § 1043 of Title 16 shall submit a report to the Hospital Quality and Health Equity Assessment Commission (Commission) detailing how the increased payments have been or will be used by the hospital to improve the quality of health care and services for Medicaid patients.

  Implements a reporting requirement for hospitals regarding the use of increased payments to improve healthcare quality.