Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-552

EHS 552

Community Health Center Rates

Ms. Forry and Mr. McGee moved that the proposed new text be amended by creating a new section XX:- "In order to promote community health centers as an important component of bending the cost curve and investing in the patient centered medical home model, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall increase community health center rates by October 1, 2016 by eight (8) percent in FY17 and by no less than four (4) percent annually thereafter. The Secretary is required to review the adequacy of health center rates by October 1, 2017.”