JOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE FINANCING

House Staff:
Room 236
State House
Boston, MA 02133
House Staff Telephone: (617) 722-2430


Senate Staff:
Room 111
State House
Boston, MA 02133
Senate Staff Telephone: (617) 722-1420


It shall be the duty of the committee on Health Care Financingto consider all matters concerning the direct funding of health care programsand any other Medicaid or public health assistance matters, fiscal matters relating to health care policy, Medicaid, MassHealth, the Uncompensated Care Pool and other such matters as may be referred


Members appointed to the committee:

Richard T. Moore of Worcester and Norfolk - Chair
Pacheco of First Plymouth and Bristol - Vice-Chair
Jehlen of Second Middlesex
Fargo of Third Middlesex
Spilka of Second Middlesex and Norfolk
Candaras of First Hampden and Hampshire
Tarr of First Essex and Middlesex
Stanley of West Newbury - Chair
Grant of Beverly - Vice-Chair
Koczera of New Bedford
Garry of Dracut
Nangle of Lowell
Patrick of Falmouth
Sciortino of Medford
Alicea of Charlton
D'Amico of Seekonk
Hecht of Watertown
Lewis of Winchester
Hargraves of Groton
Gifford of Wareham

List of matters that have been referred to the committee:



Docket No.
 Bill No. Sponsor Title
       
SD626 S17 Montigny An Act Relative to Data Mining 
SD1209 S18 Moore An Act Relative to Pandemic and Disaster Preparation and Response in the Commonwealth 
SD1216 S19 Moore An Act Protecting the Confidentiality of Patient Prescription Records. 
HD1943 H108 Koutoujian An Act relative to pandemic and disaster preparation and response in the Commonwealth. 
HD1224 H109 Kulik An Act prohibiting the use of health data for marketing purposes. 
HD526 H110 Mariano An Act to prevent the sharing of prescription data. 
SD1459 S526 Baddour An Act Relative to Prescription Drug Coverage. 
SD98 S527 Brewer An Act further regulating postpartum care. 
SD1389 S528 Buoniconti An Act relative to insurance companies and quality measures. 
SD1462 S529 Buoniconti An Act to improve asthma management. 
SD1465 S530 Buoniconti An Act improving the insurance partnership program. 
SD1957 S531 Buoniconti An Act relative to strategic investment in the Commonwealth's chronically distressed hospitals. 
SD1400 S532 Candaras An Act to establish a primary care development fund. 
SD1544 S533 Candaras An Act providing for patient education. 
SD433 S534 Chandler An Act establishing telehealth 
SD458 S535 Chandler An Act to establish an equitable rate of payment for medicaid home health services. 
SD1726 S536 Chandler An Act making technical correction in a certain law relative to oral health. 
SD1677 S537 Chang-Díaz An Act To Assure Equitable Heath Coverage For All Children. 
SD1758 S538 Creem An Act To Study Disparities In Health Care Resulting From Changes In Marital Status. 
SD1498 S539 Downing An Act relative to healthcare outreach and enrollment. 
SD919 S540 Eldridge An Act Regarding the Countable Assets of Medical Assistance Recipients. 
SD1578 S541 Fargo An Act relative to fair and equitable managed care contracting standards. 
SD483 S542 Hedlund An Act relative to creditable coverage. 
SD392 S543 Jehlen
SD393 S544 Jehlen An Act eliminating age discrimination in the MassHealth program. 
SD143 S545 Kennedy An Act to provide for the privacy of information submitted by hospital medical staff. 
SD1851 S546 Kennedy An Act establishing a hardship waiver for Medicaid beneficiaries. 
SD768 S547 Montigny An Act Making Technical Corrections to Health Care Practitioner and Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Manufacturer Conduct. 
SD1403 S548 Montigny An Act promoting accountability in the Masshealth program 
SD1463 S549 Montigny An Act Relative to Health Care Affordability . 
SD1524 S550 Montigny An Act Relative to Shared Responsibility in Health Reform. 
SD1975 S551 Montigny An Act Relative to Coverage for Chronic Illness. 
SD1182 S552 Moore An Act Requiring an Analysis of Medicaid Home Health Rates 
SD1189 S553 Moore An Act to Define the Use of Observation Services 
SD1190 S554 Moore An Act Financing Health Care Through Moral Obligation Bonds 
SD1197 S555 Moore An Act to Create a Commission to Determine the Capital Needs of Community Hospitals 
SD1199 S556 Moore An Act Relative to Equitable Funding for the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy 
SD1200 S557 Moore An Act to Promote Collaboration on Health Care Cost Containment and Quality Improvement Initiatives 
SD1207 S558 Moore An Act to Require the Division of Medical Assistance to Provide Adequate Rates 
SD1208 S559 Moore An Act Reforming the Administration of Health Care 
SD1214 S560 Moore An Act Requiring Reimbursement for the Costs of Providing Competent Interpreter Services. 
SD1217 S561 Moore An Act to Establish an Adverse Event Disclosure and Compensation Grant Program for Hospitals. 
SD1221 S562 Moore An Act Relative to the Health Care Quality and Cost Council. 
SD1226 S563 Moore An Act to Provide Coverage for Tobacco Use Cessation Under Commonwealth Care 
SD1227 S564 Moore An Act Relating to Equitable Provider Reimbursement. 
SD1228 S565 Moore An Act Relative to Strengthening the DoN Program. 
SD1229 S566 Moore An Act to Promote Electronic Transmission of Health Care Transactions. 
SD1257 S567 Moore An Act Relative to the Hemophilia Advisory Committee 
SD1260 S568 Moore An Act to Contain Health Care Costs. 
SD1663 S569 Moore An Act to Support Primary Care Recruitment by Community Hospitals. 
SD1713 S570 Morrissey An Act relative to the community hospital in-patient psychiatric relief program. 
SD1715 S571 Morrissey An Act relative to strategic investment in the Commonwealth’s chronically distressed hospitals program. 
SD331 S572 O'Leary An Act Relative to Nursing Facility and Long Term Care Claims. 
SD516 S573 O'Leary An Act Providing for a Fair Judgment Interest Rate for Medical Malpractice Actions. 
SD538 S574 O'Leary An Act Relative to Malpractice Reform. 
SD676 S575 O'Leary An Act Relative to Increasing Access to Primary Care Physicians for MassHealth Patients. 
SD1496 S576 O'Leary An Act Relative to the Determination of Need for Independently Licensed/Commercial Laboratories . 
SD1624 S577 O'Leary An Act Requiring Ambulatory Surgicenters and Clinical Laboratories to Serve MassHealth Enrollees. 
SD1638 S578 O'Leary An Act Relative to Potential Anti-Competitive Behavior by Hospitals and Payers. 
SD1798 S579 O'Leary An Act To Create a Community Hospital Reserve Fund. 
SD673 S580 Pacheco An Act to amend the definition of surcharge payor. 
SD1879 S581 Pacheco An Act relative to parity in calculating surcharges and health safety net trust fund liability assessments for acute hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, specialty health care providers, & laboratories. 
SD305 S582 Spilka An Act relative to spousal waiver for home and community-based services for physically disabled adults age 60 and under. 
SD319 S583 Spilka An Act relative to recognizing the importance of public vision awareness. 
SD419 S584 Tarr An Act relative to durable medical equipment. 
SD525 S585 Tarr An Act to reduce health care costs and improve patient care. 
SD1657 S586 Tarr An Act clarifying the determination of need threshold. 
SD1775 S587 Tarr An Act relative to parity in assessments by the health care safety net fund. 
SD1116 S588 Timilty An Act to extend patient protections to recipients of MassHealth. 
SD1154 S589 Timilty An Act relative to insurance benefits of organ transplant recipients. 
SD955 S590 Tisei An Act relative to MassHealth. 
SD1031 S591 Tisei An Act Relative to Mandatory Prescription Drug Coverage. 
SD875 S592 Tolman An Act Ensuring Fair and Reasonable Medicaid Payment Rates for Services Provided by Health Care Facilities Licensed to Provide Chronic Disease Hospital Services to Children and Adolescents. 
SD138 S593 Tucker An Act supporting residential care facilities as affordable options for elders and persons with disabilities. 
HD3450 H1063 Atsalis An Act making strategic Investments in the commonwealth’s chronically distressed hospitals program. 
HD1764 H1064 Bosley An Act to establish a computerized physician order entry community hospital fund. 
HD1817 H1065 Bosley An Act relative to creating a single biller system to control health care costs. 
HD1342 H1066 Costello An Act further defining authorized providers of independent clinical laboratory services . 
HD3246 H1067 Creedon An Act For Strategic Investment in the Commonwealth’s Chronically Distressed Hospitals Program. 
HD3534 H1068 Fagan An Act relative to the spinal cord injury trust fund. 
HD856 H1069 Fallon An Act relative to nursing facility and long term care claims. 
HD2045 H1070 Falzone An Act to ensure transparency in executive compensation at private sector human service agencies. 
HD475 H1071 Fresolo An Act relative to the insurance partnership. 
HD1822 H1072 Garballey An Act ORDERING A STUDY OF HOME HEALTH SERVICE RATE CUTS. 
HD1575 H1073 Jones An Act Relative to a Temporary Suspension of the Minimum Creditable Coverage Requirements. 
HD1588 H1074 Jones An Act Relative to Establishing the Managed Care Study Commission. 
HD1622 H1075 Jones An Act establishing the state pharmacy council. 
HD3195 H1076 Kane An Act Relative to Strategic Investment in the Commonwealth’s Chronically Distressed Hospitals Program . 
HD1185 H1077 Keenan An Act Relative to Minimizing Unnecessary Health Care Costs by Streamlining Administrative Requirements. 
HD3489 H1078 Keenan An Act relative to Massachusetts artists. 
HD1734 H1079 Khan An Act to further define adverse determinations by insurers. 
HD646 H1080 Koutoujian An Act relative to manufacturers coupons and rebates. 
HD1928 H1081 Koutoujian An Act relative to patient health care costs. 
HD1946 H1082 Koutoujian An Act improving MassHealth. 
HD1947 H1083 Koutoujian An Act improving the insurance partnership program. 
HD1227 H1084 Kulik An Act relative to shared responsibility in health reform. 
HD1236 H1085 Kulik An Act ensuring access to health care services. 
HD1497 H1086 Lantigua An Act relative to the Medicaid program. 
HD1077 H1087 Malia An Act to ensure equitable health coverage for all children. 
HD433 H1088 Mariano An Act relative to providing for review of proposed changes to health care provider mandates by the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy. 
HD529 H1089 Mariano An Act relative to strengthening the determination of need process 
HD3130 H1090 Moran An Act ensuring fair and reasonable Medicaid payment rates for services provided by health care facilities licensed to provide chronic disease hospital services to children and adolescents. 
HD3301 H1091 Murphy An Act relative to co-payments and deductibles for chronic diseases. 
HD3023 H1092 Pedone An Act to extend patient protections to recipients of MassHealth . 
HD3049 H1093 Pedone An Act authorizing health care professionals to negotiate with health care insurers and providing for the powers and duties of the attorney general. 
HD3328 H1094 Peisch An Act Regarding the Countable Assets Of Medical Assistance Recipients 
HD2209 H1095 Reinstein An Act creating a special commission on institutional long term care services. 
HD3684 H1096 Rush An Act Relative to Primary Stroke Designation Hospitals. 
HD2352 H1097 Sandlin An Act to establish a community hospital fund for computerized physician order entry . 
HD2611 H1098 Sannicandro An Act Relative to prescription drugs. 
HD2800 H1099 Scaccia An Act to increase the personal care allowance for residents of long term care facilities. 
HD2060 H1100 Scibak An Act relative to equitable dental reimbursement rates for services provided to publicly aided patients. 
HD2073 H1101 Scibak An Act to include dental benefits in all commonwealth care plans. 
HD2095 H1102 Scibak An Act relative to health care affordability. 
HD2155 H1103 Scibak An Act requiring public notice prior to restricting Masshealth coverage. 
HD2046 H1104 Spellane An Act improving access to coverage for Medicaid beneficiaries. 
HD2050 H1105 Spellane An Act relative to administrative simplification for MassHealth. 
HD1230 H1106 Walsh An Act Relative to Prescription Drug Coverage. 
HD3607 H1107 Walsh An Act to Promote Health Insurance Transparency . 
HD1361 H3453 Wolf An Act establishing the Massachusetts childhood vaccine program and the Massachusetts immunization registry. 
HD4087 H3898 Madden An Act permitting independent state funded organizations to participate in the state medical insurance program. 

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