Rep. J.E. SMITH proposes the following Amendment No. 6a to H.3720 as passed by the House of Representatives
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EXPLANATION:

Amend the bill, as and if amended, Part IB, Section 33, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES, by adding an appropriately numbered paragraph at the end to read:

/      33.__(DHHS: Applied Behavior Analysis) In the current fiscal year and with the funds appropriated to the Department of Health and Human Services, the department shall increase the hourly Medicaid reimbursement rates for line therapists and registered behavior technicians implementing applied behavior analysis (ABA) to forty dollars an hour.      /

Renumber sections to conform.
Amend totals and titles to conform.