Revision: Feb. 21, 2024, 4:27 p.m.
Health and Human Services
February 21, 2024
2024-0831s
05/08
Amendment to SB 455-FN
Amend the bill by replacing section 1 with the following:
1 Medicaid Reimbursement Rate for Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices. The commissioner of department of health and human services shall take all available measures to increase the reimbursement rate for prosthetic and orthotic devices under Medicaid so that it is equal to 90 percent of the reimbursement rate under Medicare. On or before November 1, 2024, the commissioner shall provide a report of such actions to the oversight committee on health and human services, established in RSA 126-A:13. The report shall include the current reimbursement rates for prosthetic and orthotic devices under each program and address any remaining disparity.
Amend the bill by replacing section 3 with the following:
3 Appropriation; Department of Health and Human Services; Medicaid Reimbursement Rates for Prosthetic and Orthotic Devices. For the biennium ending June 30, 2025, the sum necessary to establish a Medicaid reimbursement rate for prosthetic and orthotic devices equal to 90 percent of the Medicare reimbursement rate for prosthetic and orthotic devices is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
2024-0831s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill directs the department of health and human services to establish a reimbursement rate for prosthetic and orthotic devices under Medicaid that is equal to 90 percent of the rate under Medicare and makes an appropriation to the department for this purpose. The bill also directs the legislative oversight committee on health and human services to study the issue.