Section 87 Hospital Assessment 20

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in the event that the commonwealth does not receive all federal approvals, the secretary of health and human services determines necessary to implement sections 17, 19, 21, 50, 54, 56, 58, 72, 73, 74 and 94, including any required waivers under 42 CFR § 433.68, the hospital assessment described in sections 64 through 69 of chapter 118E of the General Laws shall remain in effect as if sections 17, 19, 21, 50, 54, 56, 58, 72, 73, 74 and 94 had not been enacted until the first full calendar month following the calendar month in which the secretary determines all such federal approvals have been received. The secretary, in consultation with representatives of the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, shall continue to seek all federal approvals necessary to implement sections 17, 19, 21, 50, 52, 53, 54, 56, 58, 72, 73, 74 and 94, until such federal approvals are received or the United States Department of Health and Human Services or the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services render a final determination that an assessment established pursuant to sections 65 to 69 of chapter 118E cannot be implemented.

This section, along with twenty others, implements an increased and restructured hospital assessment that divides hospitals into five groups, assigning two different rates for each group (inpatient and outpatient), for a five-year term.