BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES OF THE

STATE OF MONTANA

 

In the matter of the amendment of ARM 37.85.406, 37.86.2803, 37.86.2907, 37.86.2916, and 37.86.4401 pertaining to hospitals, inpatient hospitals, rural health clinics, and federally qualified health centers

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NOTICE OF DECISION ON PROPOSED AMENDMENT

 

TO: All Concerned Persons

 

1.  On April 22, 2016, the Department of Public Health and Human Services (department) published MAR Notice No. 37-750 pertaining to the public hearing on the proposed amendment of the above-stated rules at page 705 of the 2016 Montana Administrative Register, Issue Number 8.

 

2.  The department has decided to cancel the public hearing on the proposed amendment of the above-stated rules that was scheduled for May 12, 2016, at 9:30 a.m., at the Department of Public Health and Human Services in the auditorium of the Department of Public Health and Human Services Building, 111 North Sanders, Helena, Montana.

 

3.  The department is not adopting rule changes in MAR Notice No. 37-750, due to the amendments made to ARM 37.85.105 in MAR Notice No. 37-745, Amended Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed Amendments, pertaining to the hospital program rates and fee schedules.  New fee schedules will not be effective July 1, 2016, meaning the new hospital long-term care facility base rate and the update to the marginal cost percentage will also not be effective July 1, 2016. The department needs additional time to implement hospital program rates and fee schedules to be effective at a later date.

 

 

/s/ Geralyn Driscoll                                /s/ Richard H. Opper                            

Geralyn Driscoll, Attorney                      Richard H. Opper, Director

Rule Reviewer                                       Public Health and Human Services

 

Certified to the Secretary of State April 25, 2016.