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Senate narrowly debates reporting and distribution rules for $174 million to distressed hospitals
Summary
Senators debated how $174 million earmarked for distressed hospitals should be distributed and whether recipients should be required to report unrecovered debt and receivables; an amendment to add that reporting requirement failed on a recorded roll call.
Senators spent a substantial portion of floor time discussing a $174,000,000 allocation in the supplemental FY2025 bill intended to support distressed hospitals across the Commonwealth.
Senator Brendan Ta said the funding is “indisputable” in its necessity but raised concerns about the distribution formula and urged improved accounting. He proposed adding language to reporting requirements that would…
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