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Montana Title 15. Taxation § 15-60-102. Utilization fee for bed days in nursing facilities

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) A nursing facility in the state shall pay to the department a utilization fee for each bed day in the facility in the following amounts:

(a) the amount of $2.80, which must be applied to maintain the price-based average payment rate to nursing facilities at the fiscal year 2017 base amount;

(b) the amount of $5.50 to be used to maintain the price-based average payment rate to nursing facilities at the fiscal year 2017 base amount as provided in 15-60-211;

(c) in fiscal year 2018, an additional amount of $3 to be used to increase the price-based average payment rate to nursing facilities above the fiscal year 2017 base as provided in 15-60-211; and

(d) on and after July 1, 2018, an additional amount of $7 to be used to increase the price-based average payment rate to nursing facilities above the fiscal year 2017 base as provided in 15-60-211.

(2) The fees collected must be deposited as follows:

(a) the amounts collected as provided in subsection (1)(a), in the general fund; and

(b) the amounts collected as provided in subsections (1)(b) through (1)(d), in the account in the state special revenue fund as provided in 15-60-211.

(3) A nursing facility may not place a fee created in this section on a patient's bill.

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