Budget Amendment ID: FY2014-S3-691

EHS 691

High Complexity Pediatric Care in the MassHealth Program

Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Clark and Messrs. Rodrigues, Barrett and Rush 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 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;”