Amendment #968 to H4000

Home Health Payment

Representatives Garballey of Arlington, Walsh of Framingham, Gordon of Bedford, McMurtry of Dedham and Khan of Newton move to amend the bill in section 2, in line item 4000-0600, in line 23,  by inserting after “income” the following: “provided further, that funding from this item shall be provided for the purpose of recruitment and retention of home health nurses in accordance with 114.3 CMR 50.00, and that said funds authorized herein shall be restorative to said regulation prior to its amendment made in accordance with MGL c. 29 § 9C and effective December 1, 2008, and shall be in addition to any amount appropriated in this item for the purpose of providing TitleXIX services to patients; and provided further that the funds authorized herein shall be eligible for federal financial participation”