422.272 - State Plan for Medicaid: Inclusion of requirement for payment of certain costs. - Nevada Statutes

422.272  State Plan for Medicaid: Inclusion of requirement for payment of certain costs.

      1.  The Director shall include in the State Plan for Medicaid a requirement that the State shall pay the nonfederal share of expenditures for the medical, administrative and transactional costs, to the extent not covered by private insurance, of a person:

      (a) Who is admitted to a hospital, facility for intermediate care or facility for skilled nursing for not less than 30 consecutive days;

      (b) Who is covered by the State Plan for Medicaid; and

      (c) Whose net countable income per month is not more than $775 or 156 percent of the supplemental security income benefit rate established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1382(b)(1), whichever is greater.

      2.  As used in this section:

      (a) “Facility for intermediate care” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0038.

      (b) “Facility for skilled nursing” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.0039.

      (c) “Hospital” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 449.012.

      (Added to NRS by 1997, 2217; A 1997, 2217, 2705; 1999, 581, 590, 2242, 2754; 2001, 158; 2003, 873)