Amends the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy statute to include references to Health Care Quality and Cost Council and the provider and payer cost trends hearings.

Makes technical language changes in the definitions section of the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy statute. The changes relate to the replacement of the Uncompensated Care Pool program with the Health Safety Net.

Establishes provisions governing payments from the Health Safety Net Trust Fund to acute hospitals and community health centers.

Sets out provisions to determine acute hospital and ambulatory surgical center surcharge payments to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.

Sets out provisions to determine an acute hospital's payments to the Health Safety Net Trust Fund and mechanisms to enforce the liability.

Establishes the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.

Establishes the Health Safety Net Office which administers the Health Safety Net program and the Health Safety Net Trust Fund.

Contains supplemental spending of $14.4 million related to health reform, including state agency implementation funds and public health programs.

Creates Health Safety Net Office to replace current Uncompensated Care Pool administration. The Health Safety Net pays acute care hospitals and community health centers for certain essential services provided to uninsured and underinsured Massachusetts residents.

Provides for the definitions used in the statute establishing the Health Safety Net program.