Sec. 2.5. (a) The office may not reimburse a nursing facility provider for reserving a bed for a Medicaid recipient when the Medicaid recipient is not present in the nursing facility due to a hospital stay or leave of absence for therapeutic reasons.
(b) Not later than September 30, 2011, the office shall submit a state Medicaid plan amendment to the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement this section.