H. B. 4099
(By Delegate Flanigan)
[Introduced January 20, 2000; referred to the
Committee on Health and Human Resources then Finance.]
A BILL to amend article four-a, chapter nine of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated section two-c,
relating to providing medicaid coverage for ventilator patient
care at skilled nursing facilities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That article four-a, chapter nine of the code of West
Virginia, one thousand nine hundred thirty-one, as amended, be
amended by adding thereto a new section, designated section two-c,
to read as follows:
ARTICLE 4A. MEDICAID UNCOMPENSATED CARE FUND.
§9-4A-2c. Expansion of coverage to ventilator care patients.
Effective the first day of July, two thousand, the department
shall extend medicaid coverage to persons, who otherwise qualify
for medicaid, for ventilator patient care at skilled nursing
facilities licensed pursuant to chapter sixteen of this code. For
purposes of this section, "ventilator patient care" means the
provision of treatment to maintain artificial respiration by the
utilization of a mechanical device which introduces fresh air into
the lungs and expels stagnant air from the lungs.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to provide medicaid coverage
for ventilator patient care at skilled nursing facilities.
This section is new; therefore, strike-throughs and
underscoring have been omitted.