Budget Amendment ID: FY2013-S4-682

EHS 682

Pediatric Home Care

Messrs. Kennedy and Donnelly moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0500, Mr. Kennedy moved that the bill be amended, in Section 2, in item 4000-0500, by adding the following words:-

“; and 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.”.