Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-502

EHS 502

User Fees

Messrs. Pacheco, Moore and Knapik moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after Section_____, the following new Section:-

"Section _____.  “Chapter 118G, Section 25 subsection (b) of the Massachusetts General Laws is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following: “Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation or administrative bulletin to the contrary, a public nursing facility shall be granted an exemption from paying any assessments hereunder. Such exemption shall have priority over all other exemptions that have not been granted as of the enactment date of this section. For purposes of this exemption, a “public nursing facility” shall be defined as a nursing facility operated by a municipality or a geriatric authority located in Bristol County, City of Taunton;   Hampden County, City of Holyoke; Nantucket County, Town of Nantucket; or Worcester County, City of Milford.”"