Section 167:65 Duties of Commissioner.
The commissioner shall:
I. Develop the uncompensated care payment system in a manner that is consistent with the requirements of RSA 167:64 and Title XIX of the Social Security Act as amended and describe the system in an amendment to the state Medicaid plan.
II. Seek input from the chairman of the senate health and human services committee, the chairman of the house health, human services and elderly affairs committee, the chairmen of the house and senate finance committees, the insurance department, and representatives of hospitals currently participating in the uncompensated care program in developing the uncompensated care payment system required under paragraph I, and present a report detailing all the options and making recommendations to the oversight committee on health and human services, established under RSA 126-A:13, not later than January 1, 2010.
III. Submit the Medicaid state plan amendment and an estimate of the fiscal impact of such plan amendment to the fiscal committee of the general court for its review and approval prior to submission of the plan amendment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and implementation of the plan.
IV. Adopt rules pursuant to RSA 541-A, as necessary, to implement this system.
Source. 1991, 299:5; 390:8. 1993, 4:13, 16, V, eff. July 1, 1993. 2009, 144:212, eff. July 1, 2009.