Massachusetts legislation · 194th General Court
Massachusetts H1363: An Act to extend enhanced Medicaid benefits to eligible hospitals
Status: In committee, June 17, 2026
What the bill says
From the introduced text, February 27, 2025:
SECTION 1. (a) Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the secretary of health and human services shall direct monthly payments to eligible hospitals in the form of enhanced Medicaid payments, supplemental payments or other appropriate mechanism. Each payment made to an eligible hospital shall equal 5 per cent of the eligible hospital’s average monthly Medicaid payments, as determined by the secretary, for inpatient and outpatient acute hospital services for the preceding year or the most recent year for which data is available; provided, however, that such enhanced Medicaid payments shall not be used in subsequent years by the secretary to calculate an eligible hospital’s average monthly payment; and provided further, that such payments shall not offset existing Medicaid payments for which an eligible hospital may be qualified to receive. In any fiscal year, the total sum of all payments made to eligible hospitals under this section shall not exceed $35,000,000. (b) The secretary may require as a condition of receiving payment any such reasonable condition of payment that the secretary determines necessary to ensure the availability, to the extent possible, of federal financial participation for the payments, and the secretary may incur expenses and the comptroller may certify amounts for payment in anticipation of expected receipt of federal financial participation for the payments. (c) The executive office …
Sponsors
- Carole Fiola (D) · primary sponsor
- Christopher Hendricks (D)
- Vanna Howard (D, 17th Middlesex)
- Christopher Markey (D)
Latest actions
- : Reporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026
- : Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026
- : Reporting date extended until Wednesday, March 18, 2026
- : Hearing scheduled for 07/15/2025 from 10:00 AM-04:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
- : Senate concurred
- : Referred to the committee on Health Care Financing
Common questions
- What is H1363?
- H1363 is a bill in the Massachusetts Legislature (194th General Court): An Act to extend enhanced Medicaid benefits to eligible hospitals.
- What is the status of H1363?
- In committee as of June 17, 2026. Latest action: Reporting date extended to Friday, July 31, 2026 (June 17, 2026).
- Who sponsored H1363?
- Carole Fiola (D), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for H1363?
- On the Massachusetts Legislature website: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/H1363
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