Amendment #849 to H4100

Pediatric Home Care

Mr. Brady of Brockton moves to amend the bill in section 2, in item 4000-0500, in line 14, by inserting after "recipients in prior fiscal years" the following: ; provided further that for purposes of providing convenient, efficient, and cost-effective health services to children in the home setting, the Division of Health Care Finance & Policy shall amend the formula used to determine continuous skilled nursing care rates for single and multi-patient home health service pursuant to chapter 118G of the General Laws by attributing no less than 30 percent of the rate to the indirect cost component used to determine payment to agencies; and no more than 10 percent of the rate to the indirect cost component used to determine payment to an individual practitioner.