H259 - 2023 Appropriations Act. (SL 2023-134)

Overview: Section 9G.1 of S.L. 2023-134 requires the Division of Mental Health/Developmental Disabilities/Substance Use Services (DMH/DD/SUS), Department of Health and Human Services, to distribute at least one-twelfth of a local management entity/managed care organization's (LME/MCO) base budget allocation at the beginning of the fiscal year to assist with mitigating LME/MCO cash flow problems. The remaining base budget allocation must be distributed evenly on the third working day of each month for the remainder of the fiscal year. If there is a Medicaid budget surplus, the Division of Health Benefits, Department of Health and Human Services, must transfer to DMH/DD/SUS the amount of the surplus or $30 million, whichever is less.

This section became effective July 1, 2023.