Revision: April 14, 2026, 10:12 a.m.
Sen. Rosenwald, Dist 13
Sen. Lang, Dist 2
Sen. Rochefort, Dist 1
April 13, 2026
2026-1482s
07/05
Amendment to HB 155-FN
Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:
AN ACT reducing the rate of the business enterprise tax and appropriating funds to the department of health and human services for licensed nursing facilities.
Amend the bill by replacing all after section 1 with the following:
2 Appropriation; Department of Health and Human Services. The sum of $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, which shall be nonlapsing, is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services for the purpose of awarding a one-time payment to licensed nursing facilities serving individuals covered by Medicaid that received, on January 1, 2026, a new daily reimbursement rate below 95 percent of what they had received on July 1, 2025, as calculated by the department of health and human services. The funds shall be drawn first from excess Medicaid enhancement tax revenues above the estimates contained in the operating budget and any other accounts for fiscal year 2026, and then, in the event that available Medicaid enhancement tax revenues are insufficient, from state general funds. The department of health and human services shall have sole discretion over distribution of the funds, and is authorized to accept and expend any matching federal funds without prior approval of the fiscal committee. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for the general fund share, if any, out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
I. Section 1 of this act shall take effect July 1, 2027.
II. The remainder of this act shall take effect upon its passage.
2026-1482s
AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill reduces the rate of the business enterprise tax for tax years ending on or after December 31, 2027, and appropriates funds to the department of health and human services for certain licensed nursing facilities.