Notice is hereby given in accordance with § 2.2-4007.01 of the Code of Virginia that the Department of Medical Assistance Services intends to consider amending the following regulations:

  12VAC30-50, Amount, Duration, and Scope of Medical and Remedial Care Services;

  12VAC30-60, Standards Established and Methods Used to Assure High Quality Care;

  12VAC30-70, Methods and Standards for Establishing Payment Rates - Inpatient Hospital Services;

  12VAC30-80, Methods and Standards for Establishing Payment Rate; Other Types of Care; and

  12VAC30-130, Amount, Duration and Scope of Selected Services.

The purpose of the proposed action is to amend the reimbursement methodology for institutions for mental disease, such as freestanding public/private psychiatric hospitals and residential treatment centers.

The agency does not intend to hold a public hearing on the proposed action after publication in the Virginia Register.

Statutory Authority: § 32.1-325 of the Code of Virginia; 42 USC § 1396 et seq.

Public Comment Deadline: July 2, 2014.

Agency Contact: Brian McCormick, Regulatory Supervisor, Department of Medical Assistance Services, 600 East Broad Street, Suite 1300, Richmond, VA 23219, telephone (804) 371-8856, FAX (804) 786-1680, or email brian.mccormick@dmas.virginia.gov.