Budget Amendment ID: FY2020-S3-647

EHS 647

Pediatric Chronic and Rehabilitation Longterm Care Hospitals

Messrs. Welch and Humason moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, in item 4000-0300, by inserting at the end thereof the following:- "; provided further, that in calculating rates of payment for children enrolled in MassHealth receiving inpatient and outpatient services at pediatric chronic and rehabilitation longterm care hospitals and acute care pediatric hospitals and pediatric specialty units as defined in section 8A of said chapter 118E, the executive office shall make a supplemental payment not less than $3,000,000 to any pediatric specialty unit in the commonwealth, above base rates, and shall make a supplemental payment not less than $3,000,000 to any pediatric chronic and rehabilitation long-term care hospital in the commonwealth, above base rates, to compensate for high-complexity pediatric care"