1.1 .................... moves to amend H.F. No. 3400 as follows:
1.2Page 15, delete section 11 and insert:
1.3 "Sec. 11.
REBASING.
1.4 It is the intent of the legislature to establish in law a revised rebasing methodology
1.5for nursing facility rates during the 2009 legislative session. Prior to enactment of a revised
1.6rebasing methodology, the chairs of the house and senate committees with jurisdiction over
1.7health care policy and financing shall hold committee hearings to allow representatives of
1.8nursing facility and other long-term care service providers, consumers, and employees,
1.9representatives of the commissioners of human services and health, and other interested
1.10parties, to present recommendations for rebasing methods and objectives, including
1.11recommendations on whether the rebasing of nursing facility rates should be accompanied
1.12by the rebasing of rates for home and community-based long-term care providers."