Amendment ID: S2622-5

Amendment 5

Nursing Facility Recovery

Ms. DiZoglio, Messrs. Moore, Tarr, O'Connor, Fattman and Pacheco move that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after Section 34 the following section:-

"SECTION XX. Notwithstanding any special or general law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services shall provide a supplemental COVID-19 payment to nursing homes licensed pursuant to section 71 of chapter 111 of the general laws at no less than 15% of the average monthly MassHealth Fee-For-Service payments made to all nursing facilities for the purpose of supporting infection control standards, including staff training and wages, temporary labor costs, hiring new staff, procuring personal protective equipment, and costs associated with establishing single occupancy isolation rooms. The COVID-19 monthly supplemental payment to nursing facilities shall remain in effect through the period of the federal public health emergency authorized under section 319 of the Public Health Service Act."