By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill,
Senate, No. 695) of Marc R. Pacheco for legislation to
amend the definition of surcharge payor. Health Care
Financing. |
By Mr. Pacheco, a petition (accompanied by bill,
Senate, No. 695) of Marc R. Pacheco for legislation to
amend the definition of surcharge payor. Health Care
Financing. |
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 55 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the definition of “Surcharge Payor” the following new sentence:
Nor shall “surcharge payor” include jointly trusteed, collectively bargained employee welfare benefit funds existing pursuant to and regulated by federal law.
