Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-674

EHS 674

Hospital Stay Waiver

Messrs. Tarr, Ross and Richard T. Moore moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after section ___, the following new section:-

Nothwithstanding the provisions of Section 245 of Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2012, the executive office of health and human services shall seek from the secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services a statewide waiver from the Medicare requirement set forth in 42 U.S.C. §1395x(i) that an admission to a skilled nursing facility be preceded by a 3-day inpatient hospital stay.