Medicaid Reimbursement for Vagus Nerve Stimulation
| Type | Bill |
|---|---|
| Session | 2025 Regular Session |
| Subjects |
Concerning medicaid reimbursement for outpatient procedures related to drug-resistant epilepsy.
Bill Summary:
Beginning July 1, 2025 No later than January 1, 2026 , the bill requires the department of health care policy and financing (HCPF) to seek federal authorization to reimburse acute care hospitals and ambulatory surgery facilities that provide vagus nerve stimulation therapy to members diagnosed with drug-resistant epilepsy at a rate that is equal to 75% 60% of the cost for acquiring the vagus nerve stimulator device, which reimbursement is in addition to and does not supplant the reimbursement for any necessary surgical procedure associated with implanting the device. Beginning January 1, 2029, the bill requires HCPF to increase the reimbursement to a rate that is equal to 75% of the cost for acquiring the vagus nerve simulator device.
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)
Related Documents & Information
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/23/2025 | Reengrossed | |
| 04/22/2025 | Engrossed | |
| 02/04/2025 | Introduced |
| Date | Version | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| 04/17/2025 | SA1 |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment L.004 (Attachment A). | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer Senate Bill 25-121, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion failed on a vote of 5-8. | Vote summary |
| Postpone Senate Bill 25-121 indefinitely using a reversal of the previous roll call. There was no objection to the use of the reverse roll call, therefore, the bill was postponed indefinitely. | The motion passed on a vote of 8-5. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment L.003 | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer Senate Bill 25-121, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. | The motion passed on a vote of 7-0. | Vote summary |
| Activity | Vote | Documents |
|---|---|---|
| Adopt amendment L.002 (Attachment C). | The motion passed without objection. | Vote summary |
| Refer Senate Bill 25-121, as amended, to the Committee on Appropriations. | The motion passed on a vote of 6-3. | Vote summary |
| Date | Calendar | Motion | Vote | Vote Document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 04/23/2025 | Third Reading | BILL |
29
AYE
6
NO
0
OTHER
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Vote record |
| Date | Location | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 04/28/2025 | House | House Committee on Health & Human Services Postpone Indefinitely |
| 04/23/2025 | House | Introduced In House - Assigned to Health & Human Services |
| 04/23/2025 | Senate | Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments |
| 04/22/2025 | Senate | Senate Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee |
| 04/22/2025 | Senate | Senate Committee on Appropriations Refer Amended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole |
| 02/20/2025 | Senate | Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Refer Amended to Appropriations |
| 02/04/2025 | Senate | Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Health & Human Services |
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