SB 641 — Relating to Primary Care Support Program

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia legislature regular session Enrolled Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 641 Senators Maroney and Takubo, original sponsors [Passed[Originating Marchin 4,the 2019;Committee on Health and Human Resources;

inReported effecton fromFebruary passage]20, 2019]     ANA ACTBILL to repeal §16-2H-3 and §16-2H-4 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended;

(a)primary Therecare isrevolving herebyloan createdfund; the Primary Care Support Program within the Bureau of Public Health within the Department of Health and Human Resources.

primary care uncompensated care fund;

seed money and technical assistance (a) There is hereby created the Primary Care Support Program within the Division of Bureau of Public Health within the Department of Health and Human Resources.

(b)throughout Thethe Primarystate. Care Support Program shall create and administer a Primary Care Grant Fund to grant money to federally qualified health centers and federally qualified health center look-alikes, and secure federal medical assistance percentage funding.

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Uponprimary approvalcare by the secretary of the department, federally qualified health centers in need of immediate financial assistanceassistance. may be granted funding annually.

In order to qualify for the loans, a primary care center must be a nonprofit corporation, have a community board, provide services to the public regardless of ability to pay (such as on a sliding fee scale basis) and present proof of designation as a federally qualified health center or rural health center, of steps taken to qualify as a federally qualified health center or rural health center or of why status as a federally qualified or rural health center would not result in improved revenues to the center.  Federally qualified health center look-alikes already receiving grant funding at the time this program is created shall continue to receive grant funding annually.  Upon approval by the secretary of the department, federally qualified health centers in need of immediate financial assistance may be granted funding annually.  All funds designated to federally qualified health centers may be transferred to Medicaid for the purpose of securing federal medical assistance percentage funding.

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(d)In Theorder Departmentto qualify for the grants, a primary care center must be a nonprofit corporation, have a community board, provide services to the public regardless of Healthability to pay (such as on a sliding fee scale basis) and Humanpresent Resourcesproof shallof promulgatedesignation rulesas a federally qualified health center or rural health center, of steps taken to qualify as a federally qualified health center or rural health center, or of why status as a federally qualified or rural health center would not result in accordanceimproved withrevenues §29A-3-1to etthe seq.center The Primary Care Support Program shall conduct and make available upon request an annual primary care report which shall consist of total West Virginia Medicaid primary care expenditures as a percentage of total West Virginia Medicaid expenditures.

  (d) The primary care support program shall provide seed money grants and technical assistance to help nonprofit, community-based organizations create new primary care services for people in their community.

Under no circumstances will a specific project be entitled to receive the grants for more than three years.

In order to qualify for the grants, applicants must provide the following:

(1) A description of an unmet need for certain primary care services in their community;

(2) A detailed account, including a budget, of how the applicant's project will use technical and financial assistance from the program and other sources to develop the primary care services within one year that will be available to the public regardless of ability to pay;

(3) A detailed account, including a budget, showing how the services will continue to be funded once established and showing how potential federal and charitable funds will be maximized;

(4) An account of the extent of community involvement and support for the project;

(5) A description of how the project will be coordinated with local activities of the division of health, regional health advisory councils, the health care planning commission, medical schools, local health departments, primary care clinics or other public health agencies (e) (d) The director of health Department of Health and Human Resources shall promulgate rules in accordance with article three, chapter twenty-nine-a §29A-3-1 et seq.

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The purpose of this bill is to change the Primary Care Revolving Loan Fund to a grant fund.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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