In 2012, the General Assembly passed Senate Bill No. 227 which established the “Quality Assurance Fund” Fees collected under this legislation are placed into the Fund and are in turn matched by federal Medicaid dollars resulting in increased Medicaid reimbursement rates for long term care providers. This bill ensures assessment can go up to, but not exceed, maximum allowed under federal law as prescribed by CMS and repeals sunset date of December 31, 2018. Note that the former 16 Del.C. 10503 (a)