Sec. 8. (a) The office may implement an end of therapy reclassification methodology in the RUG-IV, 48-Group model or its successor for payment of nursing facility services.

     (b) Before the office changes a health facility service reimbursement that results in a reduction in reimbursement, the office shall provide public notice of at least one (1) year. The public notice under this subsection:

(1) is not a rulemaking action or part of the administrative rulemaking process under IC 4-22; and

(2) must include the fiscal impact of the proposed reimbursement change.

As added by P.L.224-2017, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.165-2021, SEC.140; P.L.241-2023, SEC.15.