1. (1) General Provision. Resident care facilities will receive a supplemental payment to support additional allowable costs. Each resident care facility will receive a proportional payment of the total amount available of $4,000,000. These supplemental payments will be distributed in January 2026.

2. (2) Calculation of Certain Supplemental Payments. EOHHS will calculate the supplemental payment for each facility as follows.

   1. (a) Determine the total number of reported resident days for publicly aided residents submitted by resident care facilities in the calendar year 2023 cost report.
   2. (b) Divide $4,000,000 by the total number of resident days for publicly aided residents identified pursuant to 101 CMR 204.11(2)(a).
   3. (c) Multiply the quotient determined by the methodology described at 101 CMR 204.11(2)(b) by the number of resident days for publicly aided residents for the resident care facility according to the cost report identified in 101 CMR 204.11(2)(a).

REGULATORY AUTHORITY

101 CMR 204.00: M.G.L. c. 118E.

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