Budget Amendment ID: FY2016-S3-929

EHS 929

Hospitals Serving Aging Populations

Mr. Downing and Ms. Gobi moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after Section 45 the following section:-

“Section XX. Section 65 of said Chapter 118E, as so appearing is hereby amended by inserting after the second paragraph the following paragraph:-

Disproportionate share hospitals located in counties with a percentage of the population 65 years or older in excess of the state average by five percent or more shall be paid 101 percent of reasonable costs for services rendered to Medicare patients from available Medicaid funds. For the purposes of this section, the percentage of the population at age 65 or older of any county shall be that enumerated in the most recent federal census. Providers designated as critical access hospitals shall not be subject to the provisions of this section.”