Kan. Admin. Regs. § 129-10-31

Current through Register Vol. 44, No. 2, January 9, 2025

Section 129-10-31 - Responsibilities of, assessment of, and disbursements for the nursing facility quality care assessment program

(a) In addition to the terms defined in K.S.A. 75-7435 and amendments thereto, each of the following terms shall have the meaning specified in this subsection, unless the context requires otherwise:

(1) High medicaid volume skilled nursing care facility" means any facility that provided more than 25,000 days of nursing facility care to medicaid recipients during the most recent calendar year cost-reporting period.

(2) Kansas homes and services for the aging," as used in K.S.A. 75-7435 and amendments thereto, means leadingage Kansas.

(3) "Nursing facility quality care assessment program" means the determination, imposition, assessment, collection, and management of an annual assessment imposed on each licensed bed in a skilled nursing care facility required by K.S.A. 75-7435, and amendments thereto.

(4) Skilled nursing care facility that is part of a continuing care retirement facility" means a provider who is certified as such by the Kansas insurance department before the start of the state's fiscal year in which the assessment process is occurring.

(5) Small skilled nursing care facility" means any facility with fewer than 46 licensed nursing facility beds.

(b) The assessment shall be based on a state fiscal year. Each skilled nursing facility shall pay the annual assessment as follows:

(1) The assessment amount shall be $818 annually per licensed bed for the following:

(A) Each skilled nursing care facility that is part of a continuing care retirement facility;

(B) each small skilled nursing care facility; and<

(C) each high medicaid volume skilled nursing care facility.

(2) The assessment amount for each skilled nursing care facility other than those identified in paragraphs (c)(1)(A) through (C) shall be $4,908 annually per licensed bed.

(3) The assessment amount shall be paid according to the method of payment designated by the secretary of the Kansas department of health and environment. Any skilled nursing care facility may be allowed by the secretary of the Kansas department of health asnd environment to have an extension to complete the payment of the assessment, but no such extension shall exceed 90 days. (Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 75-7435; effective Feb. 18, 2011; amended Dec. 27, 2013; amended June 26, 2020.)

Kan. Admin. Regs. § 129-10-31

Authorized by and implementing K.S.A. 75-7435; effective Feb. 18, 2011; amended Dec. 27, 2013; amended by Kansas Register Volume 39, No. 24; effective 6/26/2020.