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Provides Medicaid coverage of comprehensive tobacco cessation services for pregnant women, including both counseling and pharmacotherapy, without cost sharing.
Implements a one percent payment reduction for Medicaid services provided by inpatient hospital services reimbursed under the diagnosis related group prospective payment system.
Revises the prospective rate setting process for nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities for the intellectually disabled by utilizing cost reports with ending dates in CY 2010.
Provides for supplemental payments, funded by certified public expenditures, for State Veterans Homes, effective for services on and after August 1, 2006.