SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1292 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 369
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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Barry R. Finegold
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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 ensure senior care organization quality and accountability.
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PETITION OF:
Name: | District/Address: |
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Barry R. Finegold | Second Essex and Middlesex |
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Mathew J. Muratore | 1st Plymouth | 2/24/2023 |
David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf | 17th Worcester | 2/24/2023 |
David Paul Linsky | 5th Middlesex | 3/1/2023 |
Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr. | 12th Hampden | 3/7/2023 |
Kimberly N. Ferguson | 1st Worcester | 3/7/2023 |
Michael D. Brady | Second Plymouth and Norfolk | 3/7/2023 |
Michael O. Moore | Second Worcester | 3/17/2023 |
Alice Hanlon Peisch | 14th Norfolk | 3/24/2023 |
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1292 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 369
By Mr. Finegold, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 369) of Barry R. Finegold, Mathew J. Muratore, David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf, David Paul Linsky and other members of the General Court for legislation to ensure senior care organization quality and accountability. Elder Affairs. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act to ensure senior care organization quality and accountability.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Section 9D of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, after paragraph (6) of subsection (e), the following paragraph:-
(7) In contracting with a nursing home licensed under section 71 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, any MassHealth Senior Care Options program with which the MassHealth agency contracts to provide and coordinate services on a capitated basis shall reimburse the nursing home for care and services provided to a MassHealth member at an amount no less than the Medicaid fee-for-service payments rates established in 101 CMR 206: Standard Payments to Nursing Facilities; provided, however, that such reimbursement payments shall include room and board and all rate add-ons specified pursuant to 101 CMR 206, for the purposes of ensuring access to critical services and to facilitate transitions from hospitals to nursing facilities.