Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-366

EHS 366

Distressed Hospital Trust Fund

Mr. Moore and Ms. Gobi moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section ____, the following new section:-

“SECTION ____.  Subsection (d) of section 2GGGG of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- To be eligible to receive a grant under this subsection, a qualified acute hospital shall not include: (1) any hospital that is a teaching hospital; or (2) any hospital whose relative prices are above the statewide median relative price, as determined by the center for health information analysis”.