HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1670        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 967

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jennifer E. Benson

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act to protect healthcare reform funding.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Jennifer E. Benson

37th Middlesex

1/15/2015

Carolyn C. Dykema

8th Middlesex

9/9/2019

Thomas J. Calter

12th Plymouth

9/9/2019

Jonathan D. Zlotnik

2nd Worcester

9/9/2019

Mathew Muratore

1st Plymouth

9/9/2019

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

9/9/2019

Linda Dorcena Forry

First Suffolk

9/9/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

9/9/2019

Jason M. Lewis

Fifth Middlesex

9/9/2019

Barbara A. L'Italien

Second Essex and Middlesex

9/9/2019

Marcos A. Devers

16th Essex

9/9/2019

Denise C. Garlick

13th Norfolk

9/9/2019

Jonathan Hecht

29th Middlesex

9/9/2019

Paul W. Mark

2nd Berkshire

9/9/2019

Denise Provost

27th Middlesex

9/9/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1670        FILED ON: 1/15/2015

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 967

By Ms. Benson of Lunenburg, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 967) of Jennifer E. Benson and others for legislation relative to the establishment of a Medicaid and health care reform Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) trust fund.  Health Care Financing.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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An Act to protect healthcare reform funding.

 

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.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there shall be established and set up on the books of the commonwealth as a separate fund to be known as the Medicaid and Health Care Reform FMAP Trust Fund. The fund shall consist of any funds that may be appropriated or transferred for deposit into the trust fund, interest earned on such revenues, and other sources. The comptroller shall deposit an amount to the fund determined by secretary of administration and finance that is equivalent to the additional Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funding provided by the federal government pursuant to the increased federal Medicaid assistance percentage pursuant to the Sections 2001 and 2101 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 and as further addressed in Section 1201 of the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010. The fund shall be used for the following purposes: (1) to support the financing of health insurance coverage for low-income Massachusetts residents, including MassHealth, other state health insurance programs and insurance offered through the commonwealth’s health insurance exchange and (2) to improve Medicaid reimbursement to health care providers. The secretary of administration and finance shall administer the fund. No later than January 31 of each year, the secretary, after consultation with the executive office of health and human services, the commonwealth health insurance connector authority, healthcare providers participating in the Medicaid program, and consumer representatives, shall submit a report, which shall be publicly available, to the house and senate ways and means committees and the joint committee on health care financing that includes the current funding available in the fund, the funding estimated to be deposited through the end of the current and subsequent fiscal year, estimated expenditures from the fund, and recommendations for transferring such funds to other state accounts and funds in a manner consistent with the purpose of the fund.