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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES 15-212RESOLUTION NO. 15-212 RESOLUTION SETTING THE MANDATORY PAYMENT RATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 2016 FOR THE LOCAL PROVIDER PARTICIPATION FUND IN THE MUNICIPAL HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PARTICIPATION PROGRAM. WHEREAS, the Eighty -Fourth Texas Legislature enacted by unanimous consent Senate Bill 1387, which added Chapter 295 to the Health and Safety Code and which went into effect May 23, 2015; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.003 of the Health and Safety Code, the City Council of the City of Beaumont on June 9, 2015, by the passage of Ordinance No. 15- 016, authorized the City of Beaumont to participate in a municipal health care provider participation program and establish a Local Provider Participation Fund; and, WHEREAS, the purpose of participation in a municipal health care provider participation program is to help local providers gain access to the Texas Transformation & Quality Improvement 1115 Medicaid Waiver; and, WHEREAS, the funding for the Local Provider Participation Fund is generated from revenue from a mandatory payment ordered by the City Council of the City of Beaumont on June -9, 2015, by passage of Ordinance No. 15-016, from an institutional health care provider to fund certain intergovernmental transfers and indigent care programs; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.052 of the Health and Safety Code, the City i Council of the City of Beaumont on June 9, 2015, by passage of Ordinance No. 15-016, authorized the City of Beaumont to collect a mandatory payment from each institutional health care provider located in the City Beaumont; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.053 of the Health and Safety Code, the City Council of the City of Beaumont on July 28, 2015, by the passage of Resolution No. 15- 152, adopted rules relating to the administration of the mandatory payment; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.054 of the Health and Safety Code, the City Council of the City of Beaumont on July 28, 2015, by the passage of Resolution No. 15- 152, required each institutional health care provider to submit to the City of Beaumont a copy of any financial and utilization data required by and reported to the Department of State Health Services under Texas Health & Safety Code Sections 311.032 and 311.033 and any rules adopted by the executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission to implement those sections; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.102 of the Health and Safety Code, the City Council of the City of Beaumont on July 28, 2015, by the passage of Resolution No. 15- 152, designated Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., located at 6250 Delaware, Beaumont, Texas, 77706, as the depository for mandatory payments received by the City of Beaumont; and, WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 295.151 of the Health and Safety Code, the governing body of a municipality that collects a mandatory payment shall update the amount of the mandatory payment on an annual basis; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BEAUMONT: I THAT the statements and findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby, in all things, approved and adopted; and, II I . Sets the amount of the mandatory payment for the fiscal year ending in 2016 as Five percent (5%) of the net patient revenue of an institutional health care provider located in the City of Beaumont, and i 2. Authorizes the City Council of the City, of Beaumont to take all other actions necessary to meet the requirements of Chapter 295. PASSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL of th'e City of Beaumont this the 29th day of September, 2015. :L , :-6 Gt, - PAIQA,0�9- Tina Broussard, City Clerk Approved as to form: 17100 ����. WIAM