Bill > S811

This bill aims to address the financial sustainability of the Health Safety Net, which provides payments to acute hospitals and community health centers for reimbursable health services. The key provisions of the bill include: 1. Requiring that no less than the amounts specified in the general laws be annually transferred from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund to support payments to acute hospitals and community health centers. 2. Establishing a "supplemental surcharge amount" to be paid by acute hospitals and surcharge payors if there is a revenue shortfall in the Health Safety Net Trust Fund, with half of the shortfall allocated to hospitals based on their proportional financial requirement for reimbursements, and the other half accounted for through the supplemental surcharge. 3. Expanding the sources of funding for the Health Safety Net Trust Fund to include the supplemental surcharge amount, transfers from the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund, and federal financial participation revenues. The bill aims to ensure the financial sustainability of the Health Safety Net, which is a critical program that provides healthcare services to uninsured and underinsured residents in Massachusetts.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S811