Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-595

EHS 595

Nursing Home MassHealth Rates

Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Chandler and Messrs. Rodrigues, Finegold, Knapik, Joyce, Donnelly and Richard Moore and Ms. Clark, Ms. Creem and Ms. Flanagan and Messrs. Michael Moore, Hart and Welch and Ms. Fargo and Messrs. Wolf, Pacheco and DiDomenico and Ms. Donoghue and Ms. Candaras moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0600, Mr. Kennedy moved to amend the bill in section 2, in item 4000-0600, by inserting at the end thereof the following:-

“provided further that effective July 1, 2011 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2012, the division of health care finance and policy shall establish nursing facility MassHealth rates that are $30 million in payments above the payments made to nursing facilities for the fiscal year ended 2011.”