Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-521

EHS 521

Acute Care Pediatric Hospitals and Pediatric Specialty Units

Mr. Petruccelli moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0300, by adding at the end thereof the following:  “; provided further, that in calculating rates of payment for children enrolled in MassHealth receiving inpatient and outpatient services at acute care pediatric hospitals and pediatric specialty units as defined in section 8A of Chapter 118E of the General Laws, the executive office shall provide additional reimbursement to the pediatric acute hospital in the Commonwealth, above the base rates, to compensate for high-complexity pediatric care in an amount no less than $11,800,000 and to the pediatric specialty unit in the Commonwealth in an amount no less than $3,000,000”; and in said item, by striking out the figures “$88,247,730 and inserting in place thereof the figures “$103,047,730”