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2024 SESSION
24-3071.0
05/10
SENATE BILL [bill number]
AN ACT relative to Medicaid reimbursement rates for prosthetic and orthotic devices.
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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 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.
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Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24-3071.0
05/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Four
AN ACT relative to Medicaid reimbursement rates for prosthetic and orthotic devices.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
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 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.
2 Oversight Committee on Health and Human Services; Review of Medicaid Reimbursement Rates. The committee on health and human services established in RSA 126-A:13 shall undertake an annual review of Medicaid reimbursement rates for prosthetic and orthotic devices, determine the adequacy of such rates given the usual and customary cost of such devices, and identify ways to establish equal reimbursement rates for prosthetic and orthotic devices under Medicare and Medicaid.
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 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.