Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-503

EHS 503

Acute Care Pediatrics

Mr. Rush, Ms. Forry, Ms. Flanagan, Messrs. Eldridge, Brady, Brownsberger and Lewis moved that the proposed new text 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 said chapter 118E, the executive office shall make a supplemental payment not less than $14,800,000 to any acute care pediatric hospital and pediatric specialty unit in the commonwealth, above base rates, to compensate for high-complexity pediatric care;”