Budget Amendment ID: FY2027-S4-444

EHS 444

Continuing Affordable Coverage through ConnectorCare

Mr. Cronin moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section ___ the following sections:-

"SECTION __. Section 81 of chapter 28 of the acts of 2023, as amended by section 96 of chapter 9 of the acts of 2025, is hereby further amended by striking out the word “3-year”, each time it appears, and inserting in place thereof, in each instance, the following word:- 4-year.

SECTION __. Section 114 of said chapter 28, as amended by section 98 of said chapter 9, is hereby further amended by striking out the figure “2027” and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 2028.

SECTION __. Notwithstanding section 2OOO of chapter 29 of the General Laws or any other general or special law to the contrary, in fiscal year 2027, the comptroller, at the direction of the secretary of administration and finance, may transfer to the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund, established in said section 2OOO of said chapter 29, an amount not to exceed the amount equal to the cost of the fourth year of the pilot program established in section 81 of chapter 28 of the acts of 2023 from funds attributable to the federal financial participation received by the commonwealth for designated state health program expenditure."