GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

CHAPTER 176B. MEDICAL SERVICE CORPORATIONS.

Chapter 176B, Section 1. Definitions.

Chapter 176B, Section 2. Medical service corporations; incorporators; formation; articles of organization; certification.

Chapter 176B, Section 3. By-laws; joint service contracts; preferred provider arrangements.

Chapter 176B, Section 4. Contracts for medical, chiropractic, visual, surgical, and other health services; approval, subscription certificates; classification of risks.

Chapter 176B, Section 4A. Mental illness expenses; inclusion as benefits; minimum requirements.

Chapter 176B, Section 4A½. Treatment for alcoholism; inclusion of expenses as benefits.

Chapter 176B, Section 4B. Disclosure of communications by subscriber to psychotherapist; informed consent.

Chapter 176B, Section 4C. Dependent coverage for newborn infants or adoptive children; inclusion of medical expenses as benefits.

Chapter 176B, Section 4D. Refusal to contract with blind or deaf persons; prohibition.

Chapter 176B, Section 4E. Diethylstilbestrol exposure; discrimination.

Chapter 176B, Section 4F. Cardiac rehabilitation expense benefits.

Chapter 176B, Section 4G. Certified nurse midwife services benefits.

Chapter 176B, Section 4H. Prenatal, childbirth and post partum care benefits.

Chapter 176B, Section 4I. Cytologic screening and mammographic examination benefits.

Chapter 176B, Section 4J. Infertility diagnosis and treatment benefits.

Chapter 176B, Section 4K. Nonprescription enteral formulas for home use; modified low protein food products.

Chapter 176B, Section 4L. Chiropractic services benefits.

Chapter 176B, Section 4M. Standardized claim form.

Chapter 176B, Section 4N. Off-label use of prescription drugs for cancer treatment.

Chapter 176B, Section 4O. Bone marrow transplants; individual or group medical service agreement coverage for certain patients.

Chapter 176B, Section 4P. Off-label use of prescription drugs for HIV/AIDS treatment.

Chapter 176B, Section 4Q. Nurse anesthetist and nurse practitioner services; individual or group medical service agreement coverage.

Chapter 176B, Section 4R. Scalp hair protheses necessary due to cancer or leukemia treatment.

Chapter 176B, Section 5. Subscribers; qualifications, misrepresentation; open enrollment periods.

Chapter 176B, Section 5A. Discrimination against abuse victims in terms of medical service plans.

Chapter 176B, Section 6. Subscription certificate; issuance; content.

Chapter 176B, Section 6A. Limited extension of benefits.

Chapter 176B, Section 6B. Divorced or separated spouses; continuation of eligibility for benefits.

Chapter 176B, Section 7. Contracts between corporation and care providers.

Chapter 176B, Section 7A. Supplemental coverage to Medicare.

Chapter 176B, Section 7B. Medicare supplemental group coverage; medical assistance recipients.

Chapter 176B, Section 7C. Retroactive premium rate increase.

Chapter 176B, Section 8. Annual statement; verification, form, violations.

Chapter 176B, Section 8A. Financial statements; inclusion of electronic data processing equipment as asset.

Chapter 176B, Section 9. Inspection and examination of affairs of corporation; access to information.

Chapter 176B, Section 10. Investments, sales, loans and places of deposit; approval; acquisition of real estate; leases; tax exemption; limit; special contingent surplus.

Chapter 176B, Section 11. Salaries, compensation or emoluments.

Chapter 176B, Section 12. Submission of disputes or controversies to board; privacy of patient information.

Chapter 176B, Section 13. Grounds for enjoining transaction of business; receivers.

Chapter 176B, Section 14. Liability of corporation; exemption from insurance laws; tax exemption.

Chapter 176B, Section 15. Repealed, 1951, 797.

Chapter 176B, Section 16. Operators of medical service plan.

Chapter 176B, Section 16A. Payroll deductions of governmental employees.

Chapter 176B, Section 17. Enforcement.

Chapter 176B, Section 18. Contracts for administrative or other services; loans and investments.

Chapter 176B, Section 19. Payment of sums owed subscriber's estate.

Chapter 176B, Section 20. Disclosure of information; mental or nervous condition.


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