Section 97 Hospital Assessment 8

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in the event that the commonwealth does not receive all federal approvals pursuant to section 96 that the secretary of health and human services determines necessary to implement sections 23, 62, 67, 70, 84 and 95, 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 23, 62, 67, 70, 84 and 95 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 23, 62, 67, 70, 84 and 95, 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 through 69 of said chapter 118E cannot be implemented.

This section, along with other related sections, allows MassHealth to modify the current hospital assessment to increase the collections.