HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

152nd GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

HOUSE SUBSTITUTE NO. 2

FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 350

AMEND House Substitute No. 2 for House Bill No. 350 by deleting lines 24 through 27 in their entirety and substituting in lieu thereof the following:

“ (b) (1) The Board consists of 8 members as follows:

a. Seven voting members appointed by the Governor and confirmed by a majority of the members elected to the Senate.

b. The President and CEO of the Delaware Healthcare Association, who shall serve as a non-voting member. ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 2 for House Bill No. 350 on line 43 by deleting “ Four members ” and inserting in lieu thereof “ Four voting members ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 2 for House Bill No. 350 on line 45 by inserting “ voting members of the ” before “ Board: ” as it appears therein.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 2 for House Bill No. 350 by deleting lines 52 through 55 and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ § 9953. Submission and analysis of hospital financial information.

(a) Hospitals shall annually submit to the Board any of the following information required by the Board under rules, regulations, and guidance promulgated under this subchapter:

(1) A budget for the forthcoming year, including expenditures and revenues, redlined to reflect increases and changes from the previous year. ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 2 for House Bill No. 350 by deleting line 65 in its entirety and redesignating accordingly.

FURTHER AMEND House Substitute No. 2 for House Bill No. 350 by deleting lines 73 and 74 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ (2) Consider the expenditure and revenue analysis for the previous year and the proposed expenditure and revenue analysis for the forthcoming year and determine whether the hospital has satisfied the State’s health care spending policy directives, including the health care spending benchmark and the annual rate filing cost containment requirements under § 2503 of Title 18. ”.

SYNOPSIS

This amendment changes the Delaware Healthcare Association member to a non-voting member of the Board and adds 1 additional member appointed by the Governor. It also makes some technical clarifications to the budget submission and review process.