Budget Amendment ID: FY2017-S4-627

EHS 627

Funding technology improvements for MassHealth providers

Messrs. Keenan and Rodrigues moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting the following new section:-

SECTION _. Notwithstanding any General or special law to the contrary, the Massachusetts e-Health Institute, created pursuant to section 6D of chapter 40J, shall transfer 90 per cent of the remaining funding from the E-Health Institute Fund, established in section 6E of chapter 40J, to the executive office of health and human services for the purpose of funding health information technology projects by MassHealth provider type organizations that are ineligible for federal incentive payments through the HiTECH Act and are not MassHealth Community Partners. Such projects shall focus on improving interconnectivity with MassHealth Accountable Care Organizations and other MassHealth provider types.