Section 45 Hospital Assessment 2

Section 64 of said chapter 118E of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out the definition of "Total acute hospital assessment amount" and inserting in place thereof the following definition:-

''Total acute hospital assessment amount'', an amount equal to $517,500,000, the sum of $160,000,000 and the amount transferred to the MassHealth Delivery System Reform Trust Fund and the General Fund under section 66, plus 50 per cent of the estimated cost, as determined by the secretary of administration and finance, of administering the health safety net and related assessments in accordance with sections 65 to 69, inclusive, including those assessments transferred to the MassHealth Delivery System Reform Trust Fund established in section 2SSSS of chapter 29.

This section, along with fifteen others, increases the existing hospital assessment by $100 million in Health Safety Net fiscal year 2022 and maintains an increased and restructured hospital assessment after Health Safety Net fiscal year 2022.