Bill > H972

This bill aims to reduce the financial obligations of acute hospitals to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund, which is a fund established to help pay for health services provided to uninsured and underinsured residents. Specifically, the bill proposes changes to Chapter 118E of the General Laws. It amends provisions related to the administration of the fund and the requirement for payments from "surcharge payors," which are entities that pay a surcharge to the fund. The bill also repeals Section 67 of Chapter 118E, which likely contained provisions related to the fund's operations or liabilities. Finally, it modifies how any revenue shortfalls in the fund are handled, stating that the office responsible for the fund will allocate the financial responsibility for such shortfalls among surcharge payors based on their required payments, and allows for regulations to be created to implement this.