Budget Amendment ID: FY2015-S4-837

EHS 837

Mass Health Provider Payment

Ms. Chandler, Messrs. Michael O. Moore and Eldridge moved that the proposed new text be amended moved that the bill be amended by inserting, after section 117, the following section:-

"SECTION 117A. The executive office of health and human services shall make an additional operating transfer of $52,00,000 under item 1595-1068 of section 2E to the MassHealth provider payment account in the Medical Assistance Trust Fund established in section 2QQQ of chapter 29 of the General Laws. The additional payment shall be made in a manner consistent with said item 1595-1068 of said section 2E and shall be subject to the availability of federal financial participation, shall be made only under federally-approved payment methods, shall be consistent with federal funding requirements and all federal payment limits, as determined by the secretary of health and human services, and shall be subject to the terms and conditions of an agreement with the executive office of health and human services.”