Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-632

EHS 632

Employer Medical Assistance Contribution

Ms. Creem moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 88, by striking out subsection (a) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:--

(a) Each employer, subject to section 14 of Chapter 151A and non-profit employers subject to section 14A of chapter 151A, shall pay, in the same manner and at the same times as the director of unemployment assistance prescribes for the contribution required by said section 14, an employer medical assistance contribution.  The employer medical assistance contribution shall be computed by multiplying the wages the employer paid its employees by the employer medical assistance contribution rate of .36 per cent; provided, however, that employers who employ 5 or fewer employees and governmental employers as described at subsection (i) of Section 1 of Chapter 151A shall not be required to pay such employer medical assistance contribution. The purpose of the employer medical assistance contribution shall be to support the provision of subsidized health care services funded by the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund and the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.