Section 158 Hospital Assessment 20

Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in the event that the commonwealth does not receive all federal approvals pursuant to section 157 that the secretary of health and human services determines necessary to implement: (1) the Hospital Investment and Performance Trust Fund established in section 2TTTTT of chapter 29 of the General Laws; (2) the Population Health Investment Trust Fund established in section 2UUUUU of said chapter 29; and (3) sections 16, 19, 56, 60, 62, 64, 112, 113, 114 and 185, including any required waivers under 42 CFR 433.68, the hospital assessment described in sections 64 to 69, inclusive, of chapter 118E of the General Laws shall remain in effect as if said sections 16, 19, 56, 60, 62, 64, 112, 113, 114 and 185 the Hospital Investment and Performance Trust Fund established in said section 2TTTTT of said chapter 29 and the Population Health Investment Trust Fund established in said section 2UUUUU of said chapter 29 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 and Hospital Association, Inc., shall continue to seek all federal approvals necessary to implement the Hospital Investment and Performance Trust Fund, the Population Health Investment Trust Fund and said sections 16, 19, 56, 60, 62, 64, 112, 113, 114 and 185 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 said sections 65 to 69, inclusive, of said chapter 118E cannot be implemented.