Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana SB523: Revise reimbursement for medicaid services
Status: Failed, May 23, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising medicaid services reimbursement; requiring a contract with a provider who is not a physician to include an annual cost of living adjustment provision; amending section 53-6-125, mca; and providing an effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING MEDICAID SERVICES REIMBURSEMENT; REQUIRING A CONTRACT WITH A PROVIDER WHO IS NOT A PHYSICIAN TO INCLUDE AN ANNUAL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT PROVISION; AMENDING SECTION 53-6-125, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: Section 1. Section 53-6-125, MCA, is amended to read: "53-6-125. Physician Medicaid services reimbursement. (1) (a) The fee for a covered service provided by a physician under the medicaid program is determined by multiplying the conversion factor times the relative value unit for that service times any applicable policy adjusters. (2) (a) For fiscal years 2018 and 2019, the conversion factor must be increased, at a minimum, by the same numerical inflation factor calculated in accordance with 20-9-326. (b) For each subsequent fiscal year, the conversion factor must be increased, at a minimum, by the same percentage increase as the consumer price index for medical care for the previous year, as calculated by the bureau of labor statistics of the United States department of labor. (2) (a) A contract with a provider who is not a physician must include a provision to increase, as provided in subsection (2)(b), the fee of a covered service in relation to increases to cost of living. (b) The fee of a …
Sponsors
- Pope, Christopher (D, 33) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (S) Died in Process
- : (S) Missed Deadline for General Bill Transmittal
- : (S) Fiscal Note Printed
- : (S) Fiscal Note Unsigned
- : (S) Fiscal Note Received
- : (S) Tabled in Committee
- : (S) Hearing
- : (S) Fiscal Note Requested
- : (S) Referred to Committee
- : (S) 1st Reading
Subjects: Health Care Services, Health
Common questions
- What is SB523?
- SB523 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Revise reimbursement for medicaid services.
- What does SB523 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act generally revising medicaid services reimbursement; requiring a contract with a provider who is not a physician to include an annual cost of living adjustment provision; amending section 53-6-125, mca; and providing an effective date.".
- What is the status of SB523?
- Failed as of May 23, 2025. Latest action: (S) Died in Process (May 23, 2025).
- Who sponsored SB523?
- Pope, Christopher (D, 33).
- Where is the official record for SB523?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2824
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