Springfield News-Leader
JEFFERSON CITY The Missouri House passed a tax critical to funding the state s Medicaid program Wednesday, sending the bill to Gov. Mike Parson s desk less than a day before the start of the fiscal year and avoiding significant budget cuts.
Lawmakers voted 140-13 to renew the Federal Reimbursement Allowance, which taxes hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities to earn the state federal dollars. It makes up for around $4 billion of the state s $11 billion Medicaid budget, and if allowed to expire would have forced the governor to make major cuts across state services and programs.
The bill will now go to Parson s desk, where he will sign the three-year renewal. Both chambers of the legislature gaveled out Wednesday afternoon, formally ending the special session.
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