HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3747        FILED ON: 1/15/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 416

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Chapter 71B Approved Private School Pricing Rating Formula..

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.  Section 22N of Chapter 7 of the General Laws, as most recently amended by Chapter 257 of the Acts of 2008, is hereby amended in the sixth paragraph by inserting after the first sentence the following:-

The division shall establish a subsequent year price for a contractor for goods or services related to special education as defined in section 1 of chapter 71B located within the Commonwealth by adding a per student annual adjustment amount to the current Authorized Price.  The per student annual adjustment amount will be determined by multiplying the current Authorized Price by a percentage factor, as determined on an annual basis by the operational services division.  The annual adjustment amount percentage for each cost component shall correspond to the actual cost component structure of these programs.