To allow functional assessments personal care services to be conducted on an as-needed basis.

Section XIV would allow non-state government owned hospitals with approved graduate medical education (GME) programs to received additional Medicaid payments.

Provides for upper payment limit supplemental payments to non-State governmental hospitals.

Provides for upper payment limit supplemental payments to non-State governmental hospitals.

Removes certain anesthesia reimbursement codes from the State plan and reduces payment rates. Reduces dollar conversion factor for certain anesthesia services from 37.02 per billable unit to 21.12 per billable unit.

Adds a supplement to the State plan to definie the requirements of the Asset Verfication System as required under Sectio 1940 of the Social Security Act.

Increases the resource limits for Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries, Qualifying individuals and Specified Low-Income Medicare beneficiaries.

Removes language that incorrectly designates the Non-Emergency Transportation (NET) Broker as a Prepaid Ambulatory Health Plan (PAHP).

Allows for supplemental outpatient payments to non-state governmentally owned or operated hospitals.

Revises the States disproportionate share hospital payment methodology.