An Act relative to rest home rate adjustments

This bill directs the Massachusetts Secretary of Health and Human Services to create rules that allow residential care homes and rest homes to receive higher reimbursement rates under specific conditions. The first condition requires the facility to hire licensed nursing staff to meet the increased clinical needs of its residents, while the second applies to homes that have completed mandated improvements following a public health survey. In both cases, the law mandates that these financial adjustments be established within 90 days of the relevant action being taken. The legislation aims to ensure that facilities providing enhanced care or meeting correction plans are compensated accordingly without changing the core funding structure for other residents.