Governor Charles D. Baker's Budget Recommendation - House 2 Fiscal Year 2017

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4000-0321 - EOHHS Contingency Contracts Retained Revenue




Account Description FY 2016
Spending
FY 2017
House 2
4000-0321 EOHHS Contingency Contracts Retained Revenue
For the executive office of health and human services, which may expend not more than $60,000,000 for contingency fee contracts related to pursuing federal reimbursement or avoiding costs in its capacity as the single state agency under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act and as the principal agency for all of the agencies within the executive office and other federally-assisted programs administered by the executive office; provided, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, such contingency contracts shall not exceed 3 years except with prior review and approval by the executive office for administration and finance; provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall submit to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means an annual report detailing the amounts of the agreements, the ongoing and new projects and the amount of federal reimbursement and cost avoidance derived from the contracts not later than September 15, 2016 for the previous fiscal year activities; provided further, that for the purpose of accommodating timing discrepancies between the receipt of retained revenues and payments required under contingency contracts, the comptroller shall certify for payment amounts not to exceed the lower of this authorization or the most recent revenue estimate as reported in the state accounting system; provided further, that after providing payments due in accordance with the terms of the contingency contracts, the office may use available funds to support special MassHealth projects that will receive enhanced federal revenue opportunities, including MassHealth eligibility operations and systems enhancements that support reforms and improvements to the MassHealth programs; provided further, that any enhanced federal financial participation received for these special projects, including the Implementation Advanced Planning Document or other eligibility operations and systems enhancement that support reforms and improvements to the MassHealth program shall be deposited into this account; provided further, that notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the executive office of health and human services, acting in its capacity as the single state agency under Titles XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act and as the principal agency for all of the agencies within the executive office and other federally-assisted programs administered by the executive office may enter into interdepartmental service agreements with the University of Massachusetts medical school to perform activities that the secretary of health and human services, in consultation with the comptroller, determines within the scope of the proper administration of said Title XIX and other federal funding provisions to support the programs and activities of the executive office; provided further, the activities may include: (i) providing administrative services including, but not limited to, providing the medical expertise to support or administer utilization management activities, determining eligibility based on disability, supporting case management activities and similar initiatives; (ii) providing consulting services related to quality assurance, program evaluation and development, integrity and soundness and project management; and (iii) providing activities and services to pursue federal reimbursement or avoid costs, third-party liability and recoup payments to third parties; provided further, that federal reimbursement for any expenditure made by the University of Massachusetts medical school relative to federally reimbursable services the university provides under these interdepartmental service agreements or other contracts with the executive office shall be distributed to the university and recorded distinctly in the Massachusetts management accounting and reporting system; provided further, that the secretary may negotiate contingency fees for activities and services related to pursuing federal reimbursement or avoiding costs and the comptroller shall certify these fees and pay them upon the receipt of this revenue, reimbursement or demonstration of costs avoided; provided further, that contracts for contingency fees shall not be renewed without prior review and approval by the executive office for administration and finance; provided further, that the secretary shall not pay contingency fees to the University of Massachusetts medical school in excess of $40,000,000 for state fiscal year 2017; provided further, that the contingency fees paid to the University of Massachusetts medical school under an interdepartmental service agreement for recoveries related to the special disability workload projects shall be excluded from that $40,000,000 limit for state fiscal year 2017; and provided further, that the secretary of health and human services shall submit to the secretary of administration and finance and the house and senate committees on ways and means a quarterly report detailing the amounts of the agreements, the ongoing and new projects undertaken by the university, the amount expended on personnel and the amount of federal reimbursement and recoupment payments that the university collected
50,000,000 60,000,000

Increased funding to support program operations.

 
 


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