Amend the bill in the emergency preamble in the 2nd whereas paragraph in the 3rd line (page 1, line 5 in L.D.) by striking out the following: "inpatient"
Amend the bill by striking out all of section 1 and inserting the following:
‘Sec. 1. Rulemaking. The Department of Health and Human Services shall adopt rules for the reimbursement of ambulatory surgical centers under the MaineCare program that are identical in substance to the rules that were in effect on January 1, 2012. Rules adopted pursuant to this section must take effect by July 1, 2014 and are routine technical rules as defined by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.’
summary
This amendment removes from the emergency preamble the word "inpatient," which was included in the bill in error. This amendment removes the appropriations and allocations section and adds a requirement that the Department of Health and Human Services adopt routine technical rules regarding the reimbursement of ambulatory surgical centers to take effect by July 1, 2014.