Bill > H1230

This bill aims to stabilize adult day health services in Massachusetts. It proposes several key provisions: 1) Requiring the Secretary of the Executive Office to set reasonable and adequate payment rates for adult day health service providers, taking into account factors such as new government mandates, cost adjustments for inflation, and differences in providers' real estate and capital costs. 2) Establishing that adult day service rates must be set biennially (every two years). 3) Mandating that MassHealth (the state's Medicaid program) reimburse adult day health programs to reserve a participant's slot for up to 20 medical leave-of-absence days and 10 non-medical leave-of-absence days per year, without the program being able to reassign that slot during the leave. The overall goal of the bill is to ensure the financial stability and continued operation of adult day health services in the state.

Health and Social Services

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/H1230