Revision: June 3, 2021, 2:25 p.m.
Sen. Giuda, Dist 2
Sen. Kahn, Dist 10
June 3, 2021
2021-1885s
10/11
Floor Amendment to HB 1-A
Amend the bill by inserting after section 12 the following and renumbering the original sections 13-14 to read as 14-15, respectively:
13 Appropriation; Skilled Nursing Facilities; Intermediate Care for the Intellectually Disabled. The sum of $167,000 for the biennium ending June 30, 2023 is hereby appropriated to the department of health and human services, account 05-95-048-482010-2154, for the purpose of providing a 5 percent rate increase to skilled nursing facilities and facilities providing intermediate care for the intellectually disabled. Said rate increase shall be effective July 1, 2021. The governor is authorized to draw a warrant for said sum out of any money in the treasury not otherwise appropriated. The Department is authorized to accept and expend any federal funds for the purposes of this section without prior approval of the fiscal committee of the general court.