Amendment #439 to H3400

Nursing Home Care

Representatives Costello of Newburyport, Fernandes of Milford, Madden of Nantucket, Pignatelli of Lenox, Walsh of Framingham, Cusack of Braintree, Linsky of Natick, Ehrlich of Marblehead, Gregoire of Marlborough, Coppinger of Boston, Cariddi of North Adams, Forry of Boston, Peterson of Grafton, Fresolo of Worcester, Puppolo of Springfield, Turner of Dennis, Binienda of Worcester, Smizik of Brookline, Chan of Quincy, Lewis of Winchester, Donato of Medford, Peake of Provincetown, Beaton of Shrewsbury, Cronin of Easton, Galvin of Canton, Brodeur of Melrose, Cantwell of Marshfield, Fattman of Sutton, Kuros of Uxbridge, Golden of Lowell, O'Day of West Boylston, Lyons of Andover, Kafka of Stoughton, Michlewitz of Boston, Zlotnik of Gardner, Roy of Franklin, Garballey of Arlington, Gifford of Wareham, Sullivan of Fall River, Canavan of Brockton, Durant of Spencer, Sánchez of Boston, Gordon of Bedford, Poirier of North Attleborough, Harrington of Groton, Ferguson of Holden, DiNatale of Fitchburg, Rosa of Leominster, Brady of Brockton, Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, Silvia of Fall River, Andrews of Orange, Murphy of Lowell, Ashe of Longmeadow, Ayers of Quincy and Naughton of Clinton move to amend the bill in section 2, in item 4000-0640, by adding the following: -

"provided further that effective July 1, 2013 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2014, the executive office of health and human services shall establish nursing facility MassHealth rates that fully recognize the Medicaid share of the nursing home assessment established by section 63 of chapter 118E of the General Laws."