Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-444-R1

Redraft EHS 444

Medicaid Managed Care Organizations

Mr. Moore, Ms. Flanagan and Ms. Gobi moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after section 100 the following section:

"SECTION 100A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, an acute care hospital contracting with a managed care organization that provides coverage for MassHealth members may apply for a 1-year hardship waiver for an exemption from reimbursement contracting rate restrictions set by the office of Medicaid.”