Amendment #329 to H3400

Health Safety Net Trust Fund

[Sponsors] Representative Demetrius J. Atsalis of West Hyannisport moves to amend the bill in section 2 in line item 1595-5819 by adding after the words “using sources distinct from the funding made available to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund” the following:

And provided further that notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, the Executive Office of Health and Human Services shall designate those Massachusetts nonprofit disproportionate share hospitals with a Medicare payer mix percentage greater than 47% of Total Gross Patient Service Revenue (GPSR) using FY09 403 cost report payer data as public service hospitals and provided further that each of these nonprofit disproportionate share high Medicare public service hospitals shall receive public service hospital safety net care payments of no less than $1,000,000 for each qualifying hospital.