Budget Amendment ID: FY2023-S4-811

OTH 811

MassHealth Delivery Systems Reform Trust Fund

Mr. Crighton, Ms. Lovely and Messrs. Moore and Pacheco moved that the proposed new text be amended by striking out section 67 and inserting in its place thereof the following:-

"SECTION 67. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of health and human services shall, not later than September 30, 2022, make available $40,000,000 from the MassHealth Delivery System Reform Trust Fund established in section 2SSSS of chapter 29 of the General Laws to acute care hospitals in the form of enhanced Medicaid payments, supplemental payments or through other appropriate mechanisms; provided further, that such enhanced Medicaid payments shall not offset existing Medicaid payments for which an eligible hospital may be qualified to receive."