HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1497        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1086

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the Medicaid program..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. The definition of “ambulatory surgical center” in section 1 of Chapter 118G of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is herby amended by adding the following sentence:- A single-specialty ambulatory surgical center which is licensed by the commonwealth shall be included herein and shall be qualified for full participation in the Medicaid program.