Amendment #32, as changed to H4879

Ensuring Resources for Patients While They Board

Ms. Decker of Cambridge moves to amend the bill by inserting after section 61 the following section:-

SECTION 61A. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the division of insurance shall promulgate regulations or issue sub-regulatory guidance, within 30 days of the effective date of this act, to establish reasonable rates at which carriers shall reimburse acute care hospitals for the delivery of health care services for each day a member waits in an emergency department, observation unit or inpatient floor, for placement in an appropriate inpatient psychiatric placement. The division of insurance shall consult with the division of medical assistance on establishing a reasonable rate for said reimbursement.

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #32, as changed to H4879

Ensuring Resources for Patients While They Board