Governor Charles D. Baker's Budget Recommendation - House 1 Fiscal Year 2018

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Nursing Facility Assessment

SECTION 41.   Subsection (b) of section 63 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- The assessment shall be sufficient in the aggregate to generate in each fiscal year the lesser of $240,000,000, or an amount equal to 6 percent of the revenues received by the taxpayer, as the term "revenues received by the taxpayer" is defined in 42 C.F.R. § 433.68(F)(3)(i)(A).



Summary:
This section authorizes MassHealth to increase the current nursing facilities assessment up to the maximum amount allowed under federal law, but not more than $240 million, in order to support higher nursing home payments.



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