Budget Amendment ID: FY2020-S3-628

EHS 628

Wheelchair Rates

Messrs. O'Connor, deMacedo, Tarr and Fattman moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting, after section __, the following new section:-

“SECTION __. Notwithstanding any law, regulation or act to the contrary, for any wheel chair van transport vehicle, the amount paid by MassHealth per trip shall be no less than any amount paid by the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority for equivalent wheel chair van services provided by The RIDE; and provided further, MassHealth is directed to establish rates for wheel chair van transport providers that ensure that the amounts paid comply with this provision.”