2023 Indiana Code › Title 16. Health › Article 21. Hospitals › Chapter 10. Hospital Assessment Fee › 16-21-10-7. Hospital Assessment Fee Committee Established; Membership; Meeting Requirements; Requirements for Approval and Determinations Concerning the Healthy Indiana Plan 2.0 and Incremental Fee

Sec. 7. (a) The hospital assessment fee committee is established. The committee consists of the following four (4) voting members:
(1) The secretary of family and social services appointed under IC 12-8-1.5-2 or the secretary's designee, who shall serve as the chair of the committee.
(2) The budget director or the budget director's designee.
(3) Two (2) individuals appointed by the governor from a list of at least four (4) individuals submitted by the Indiana Hospital Association.
The committee members described in subdivision (3) serve at the pleasure of the governor. If a vacancy occurs among the members appointed under subdivision (3), the governor shall appoint a replacement committee member from a list of at least two (2) individuals submitted by the Indiana Hospital Association.
(b) The committee shall review any Medicaid state plan amendments, waiver requests, or revisions to any Medicaid state plan amendments or waiver requests, to implement or continue the implementation of this chapter for the purpose of establishing favorable review of the amendments, requests, and revisions by the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The committee shall also develop a disproportionate share payment plan or submit to the office the default plan, if applicable, as set forth in IC 12-15-16-7.5 and IC 12-15-16-7.7.
(c) The committee shall meet at the call of the chair. The members serve without compensation.
(d) A quorum consists of at least three (3) members. An affirmative vote of at least three (3) members of the committee is necessary to approve Medicaid state plan amendments, waiver requests, revisions to the Medicaid state plan or waiver requests, and the approvals and other determinations required of the committee under IC 12-15-44.5 and section 13.3 of this chapter.
(e) The following apply to the approvals and any other determinations required by the committee under IC 12-15-44.5 and section 13.3 of this chapter:
(1) The committee shall be guided and subject to the intent of the general assembly in the passage of IC 12-15-44.5 and section 13.3 of this chapter.
(2) The chair of the committee shall report any approval and other determination by the committee to the budget committee.
(3) If, in taking action, the committee's vote is tied, the committee shall follow the following procedure:
(A) The chair of the committee shall notify the chairman of the budget committee of the tied vote and provide a summary of that matter that was the subject of the vote.
(B) The chairman of the budget committee shall provide each committee member who voted an opportunity to appear before the budget committee to present information and materials to the budget committee concerning the matter that was the subject of the tied vote.
(C) Following a presentation of the information and the materials described in clause (B), the budget committee may make recommendations to the committee concerning the matter that was the subject of the tied vote.
As added by P.L.205-2013, SEC.214. Amended by P.L.2-2014, SEC.77; P.L.213-2015, SEC.142; P.L.108-2019, SEC.202.