Budget Amendment ID: FY2018-S3-489

EHS 489

Quality Care for ALS Patients

Messrs. Rush, Timilty and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 18 by inserting after the word “section”, in line 200, the following words:- “; provided further, that the office shall ensure that such payments address the unique needs of Medicaid beneficiaries with long term chronic ventilator needs at long term acute care hospitals”; and in said section, by inserting after the word “payments”, in line 202, the words “and shall also consult with long term acute care hospitals that care for Medicaid beneficiaries with long term chronic ventilator needs and end stage ALS conditions.”