Amendment #844 to H4000

Sole Community Provider Eligibility

Mr. Lawn of Watertown moves to amend the bill by adding the following section:

“SECTION X. Subsection (d) of section 2GGGG of chapter 29 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof the following sentence:- Notwithstanding the foregoing, an acute hospital that is also a sole community provider, as defined in section 8A of chapter 118E, shall be eligible for grants under this subsection provided said hospital is not a for-profit hospital or a hospital that is part of a for-profit hospital system.”