Section 51 Hospital Assessment 8

Said section 67 of said chapter 118E, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following subsection:-

(b) Subject to all required federal approvals, including any required waivers under 42 CFR § 433.68, there shall be imposed in each fiscal year an assessment upon the assessed charges of all: (i) nonpublic hospitals licensed by the department of public health under section 51 of chapter 111 but not defined as acute care hospitals under section 25B of said chapter 111; and (ii) nonpublic hospitals licensed as inpatient facilities by the department of mental health under section 19 of chapter 19 and regulations promulgated thereunder but not categorized as class VII licensees under the regulations; provided, however, that such assessment shall be set as a percentage of the assessed charges of each such hospital provided, however, that such assessment shall be set as a percentage of the assessed charges of each such hospital and, for each fiscal year, the percentage shall be consistent with the ratios established for acute hospitals in subsection (a), as specified by the office in regulation. A non-acute hospital's liability to the fund shall, in the case of a transfer of ownership, be assumed by the successor in interest to the non-acute hospital.

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.