Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-420

EHS 420

Medicaid Waiver Approval

Ms. Chandler and Messrs. Moore and Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after Section ___, the follwing new Section:-

"Section ___. Provided further prior to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts signing an agreement with the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services for an extension of the Medicaid 1115 Waiver for Wavier years 15, 16 and 17, there shall be a joint hearing of the House and Senate Committees on Ways and Means and the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing on the details of the provisions of and any hospital funding formulas in the negotiated waiver.  Said Committees my jointly or separately make recommendations to the Legislature, the Governor and his Administration on matters of concern or interest as a result of the hearing for their approval.  The Governor may not sign the 1115 Waiver Extension for Waiver Years 15,16, & 17 without the approval of the Legislature."