Amendment ID: S2888-13-R1

Redraft Amendment 13

Corrective Amendment

Mr. Rodrigues moves that the proposed new text be amended in section 2A, in item 4000-1998, by striking out, in lines 85 to 88, inclusive, the words “provided further, that each payment made to an eligible community health center shall be allocated in direct proportion to each eligible community health center’s average monthly Medicaid payments, as determined by the secretary, for the preceding year or the most recent year for which data is available” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “provided further, that payments to eligible community health centers shall be allocated as determined by the secretary in consultation with the Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, Inc.”; and

in said section 2A, in said item 4000-1998, by striking out, in line 88, the words “enhanced Medicaid”; and

in said section 2A, in said item 4000-1998, by striking out, in line 91, the word “Medicaid”;

and by inserting after section 31 the following section:-

“SECTION 31A. Item 0521-0002 of section 2 of chapter 28 of the acts of 2023 is hereby amended by adding the following words:-; provided, that any remaining funds in this item shall be made available until December 31, 2024”;

and by inserting after section 38 the following 2 sections:-

“SECTION 38A. Item 9700-0000 of said section 2 of said chapter 28 is hereby amended by adding the following words:- ; provided, that not less than $50,000 shall be expended to facilitate the work of the special commission to study poverty in the commonwealth established in chapter 74 of the acts of 2021 and such funds shall be made available until June 30, 2025”.

SECTION 38B. Said item 9700-0000 of said section 2 of said chapter 28 is hereby further amended by striking out the figure “$10,724,567” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- $10,774,567”.

in section 23, by striking out, in line 330, the words “June 15” and inserting in place thereof the following words:- “August 30”; and

in section 36, by inserting after the word “Nantucket”, in line 384, the following words:- and such funds shall be made available until June 30, 2025.