Community Hospital Reinvestment Expenditures

SECTION 66.   Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, up to $17,000,000 may be expended from the Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund established in section 2TTTT of chapter 29 of the General Laws to enhance the ability of eligible hospitals to improve or continue health care services that benefit the uninsured, underinsured, or MassHealth populations; provided further, that the executive office of health and human services shall maximize federal reimbursements for state expenditures made to these providers; provided further, that such expenditures may include up to $17,000,000 for fiscal year 2017.



Summary:
This section allows payments from the Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund to be made as Infrastructure and Capacity Building grants to support increased payments to hospitals.