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S.65 - An Act Relative to Rates for Human and Social Service Programs
On November 28, 10:30 a.m., in Room B-1, S.65 was heard by by the Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabiliities. This bill, written by The Collaborative (Association for Developmental Disabilities Providers, Mental Health and Substance Abuse Corporations of Massachusetts and the Providers' Council) calls for:
- A rate setting system that restores a rational, market-based rate setting capability to the purchase-of-service system to maintain program quality.
- A standard of rate adequacy that confers on human service providers the same appeal rights as are accorded other providers whose rates are set by the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy (DHCFP).
- Adjusting multi-year contracts for inflation as currently determined by OSD.
We encourage all providers to contact their legislators and ask for their support of this legislation.
A copy of the bill and The Collaborative's fact sheet are attached.
For more information contact Michael Ripple at 617-428-3637 x 112 or email mripple@providers.org.
The Providers' Council maintains an active legislative agenda. On January 10, 2007 the Council filed four bills for the new legislative session. Facts sheets are available for each bill by clicking on the link below. We are currently asking members to call their Representative and Senator to contact the sponsor of each bill and to sign on as a co-sponsor.