Amendment #2 to H4000

Connector Cost Study

Representatives Jones of North Reading, Peterson of Grafton, Hill of Ipswich, Poirier of North Attleborough and deMacedo of Plymouth move to amend the bill by adding the following section:--

“SECTION XX. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services shall conduct a review of the financial impact of the failure of the health connector website following the implementation of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The review shall include a cost analysis of state funds expended for temporary coverage, including those funds that would have been reimbursed by the federal government had the Connector website been properly functioning. Further, the executive office of health and human services shall investigate all means of recouping such funds, including any legal and cost effective means of collecting funds under the commonwealth’s contract with CGI Group, Inc. The executive office of health and human services shall provide a report of their findings to the clerks of the house of representatives and senate, and the joint committee on health care financing no later than July 31, 2014.”.