Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-556

EHS 556

EMPLOYER MEDICAL ASSISTANCE CONTRIBUTION

Mr. Tarr moved that the proposed new text be amended in Section 88 by striking paragraph (f) and inserting in place thereof the following:-

“(f) There shall be an employer medical assistance contribution rate review board composed of the: (i) director of the health safety net office or a designee; (ii) director of the department of unemployment assistance or a designee; (iii) executive director of the commonwealth health insurance connector authority or a designee; and (iv) the commissioner of insurance or a designee. The rate review board shall meet on or before November 30 of each year to review the costs paid by the commonwealth in the previous fiscal year to provide subsidized care to low-income residents of the commonwealth. The board shall file a report detailing its cost review determination with the general court and the division of insurance on or before December 31 of each year.  If the board determines that the costs to the commonwealth in providing subsidized care have increased from the previous fiscal year, the board shall confirm the projected cost increase with the division of insurance and submit any recommended increase to the employer medical assistance contribution with its annual report to the general court, a copy of which shall be submitted to the executive office for administration and finance, the clerks of the senate and house of representatives, the joint committee on labor and workforce development and the house and senate committees on ways and means.”