Amendment #609 to H3400

Pediatric Home Health Care

Representatives Brady of Brockton, Canavan of Brockton, Fox of Boston, Dwyer of Woburn, Cronin of Easton, Heroux of Attleboro, D'Emilia of Bridgewater and Devers of Lawrence move to amend the bill on page #51, in section 2, in item 4000-0500, in line 16, by inserting after "recipients in prior fiscal years" the following: ; 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. "