Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-823

EHS 823

Pediatric Care

Mr. Petruccelli moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0300, moved that the bill 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 make a supplemental payment to any acute care pediatric hospital and pediatric specialty unit in the Commonwealth, above base rates, to compensate for high-complexity pediatric care in an amount not less than the amount appropriated  in Chapter 38 of the Acts of 2013”.