BEFORE THE Department of PUBLIC

HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

OF THE STATE OF MONTANA

 

In the matter of the adoption of New Rule I, the amendment of ARM 37.40.801, 37.40.805, 37.40.806, 37.40.808, 37.40.815, 37.40.816, 37.40.825, and 37.40.830, and the repeal of 37.40.807 pertaining to Medicaid hospice fee reimbursement and care program

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NOTICE OF ADOPTION, AMENDMENT, AND REPEAL

 

TO: All Concerned Persons

 

1. On June 24, 2022, the Department of Public Health and Human Services published MAR Notice No. 37-988 pertaining to the public hearing on the proposed adoption, amendment, and repeal of the above-stated rules at page 1007 of the 2022 Montana Administrative Register, Issue Number 12.

 

2. The department has adopted New Rule I (37.40.802) as proposed.

 

3.  The department has amended ARM 37.40.801, 37.40.805, 37.40.806, 37.40.808, 37.40.815, 37.40.816, 37.40.825, and 37.40.830 as proposed.

 

4.  The department has repealed ARM 37.40.807 as proposed.

 

           5. No comments or testimony were received.

 

           6. The department intends to apply the rate increase under ARM 37.40.830 retroactively to October 1, 2021. Any decreases in hospice rates will not be applied retroactively and are effective upon the day after the date of publication of this adoption notice. All other rules changes are effective upon the day after the date of publication of the adoption notice.

 

 

/s/ ROBERT LISHMAN                               /s/ CHARLES T. BRERETON                   

Robert Lishman                                          Charles T. Brereton, Director

Rule Reviewer                                             Department of Public Health and Human Services

 

 

Certified to the Secretary of State July 26, 2022.