Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-596-R1

Redraft EHS 596

Home Health Aide Payment Rates

Ms. L'Italien, Messrs. Brady, Humason, Joyce and Barrett, Ms. Donoghue, Ms. Lovely, Mr. Lewis, Ms. Gobi and Ms. O'Connor Ives moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0600, <w:p><w:r><w:t xml:space="preserve">by inserting the following:- “provided further, that $8,910,000 from this item shall be provided for the purpose of recruitment and retention of home health aides in accordance with 114.3 CMR 50.00 for the purpose of providing Title XIX services to patients; and provided further that this item shall fund home health aide services authorized under items 9110-1500, 9110-1630, and 9110-1633; and provided further that the funds authorized herein shall be eligible for federal financial participation”