Amendment #729 to H3800

Nursing Home Task Force Consideration of Geographically Isolated Communities

Mr. Fernandes of Falmouth moves to amend the bill in section 55, in line 900, by striking out the word “and” and, in said section, in line 902, by inserting after the word “options” the following: “, and (v) special consideration for the needs of geographically isolated nursing homes in rural areas of the Commonwealth, including an evaluation of the rate of medicare reimbursement received by such facilities.”