GENERAL LAWS OF MASSACHUSETTS

CHAPTER 32A. CONTRIBUTORY GROUP GENERAL OR BLANKET INSURANCE FOR PERSONS IN THE SERVICE OF THE COMMONWEALTH.

Chapter 32A, Section 1. Purpose of chapter.

Chapter 32A, Section 2. Definitions.

Chapter 32A, Section 3. Group insurance commission.

Chapter 32A, Section 3A. Employees' advisory committee.

Chapter 32A, Section 4. Purchase of insurance policies by commission.

Chapter 32A, Section 4A. Administrative services contracts.

Chapter 32A, Section 5. Insurance and medicare benefits of state employees.

Chapter 32A, Section 6. Amounts of insurance and benefits; determination; separability.

Chapter 32A, Section 7. Information furnished commission by employees.

Chapter 32A, Section 8. Contributions for premiums by commonwealth and active or retired employees and departments; ratio; withholding; direct payment; reimbursement by certain agencies; filing copies of contracts and agreements.

Chapter 32A, Section 8A. Employees on leave of absence for more than one year; insurance costs charged to employing agency.

Chapter 32A, Section 9. Dividends, refunds, rate credits; deposit in special funds; transfer of reserves.

Chapter 32A, Section 9A. Investment committee; investment and deposit of funds by state treasurer.

Chapter 32A, Section 10. Retirement or termination of employment; effect on policy; conversion of insurance.

Chapter 32A, Section 10A. Additional insurance.

Chapter 32A, Section 10B. Insurance for elderly government retirees and their dependents.

Chapter 32A, Section 10C. Optional Medicare extension.

Chapter 32A, Section 10D. Disability insurance; withholding payment of premiums.

Chapter 32A, Section 10E. Insurance for commonwealth employee granted leave to care for dependent child.

Chapter 32A, Section 11. Death of employee or retired employee; continuation of insurance by spouse or dependent.

Chapter 32A, Section 11A. Divorced or separated spouses; continuation of insurance coverage.

Chapter 32A, Section 12. Retired teachers; life and health insurance; agreements; contributions; withholding of premiums; reimbursement of premiums and expenses; dividends; rules and regulations.

Chapter 32A, Section 13. Approval of applications by political subdivisions for life and health insurance covering retired teachers.

Chapter 32A, Section 14. Optional insurance for services of health care organizations.

Chapter 32A, Section 15. Catastrophic illness coverage; contracts; premiums; dividends; conversion; rules and regulations.

Chapter 32A, Section 16. Election to continue insurance coverages; notice.

Chapter 32A, Section 17. Dental and vision expenses; reimbursement of employees.

Chapter 32A, Section 17A. Coverage for nonprescription enteral formulas for home use.

Chapter 32A, Section 17B. Hospice services for commonwealth employees insured under group insurance commission.

Chapter 32A, Section 17C. Required coverage for prenatal care, childbirth and postpartum, care.

Chapter 32A, Section 17D. Coverage for bone marrow transplants.

Chapter 32A, Section 17E. Scalp hair prostheses necessary due to cancer or leukemia treatment.

Chapter 32A, Section 17F. Newborn hearing screening test; group insurance commission coverage.

Chapter 32A, Section 17G. Items medically necessary for the diagnosis or treatment of diabetes; group insurance commission coverage.

Chapter 32A, Section 17H. Coverage for human leukocyte or histocompatibility locus antigen testing.

Chapter 32A, Section 18. Medicare health benefits supplement plan, mandatory transfer; payment of penalty.

Chapter 32A, Section 19. Release from insurance coverage; payment; reinstatement of coverage.

Chapter 32A, Section 20. Charges or collections of excess compensation.

Chapter 32A, Section 21. Health care services evaluation; vendor quality improvement program; annual report.

Chapter 32A, Section 22. Diagnosis and treatment of certain biologically-based mental disorders; mental disorders of victims of rape; non-biologically-based mental disorders of children and adolescents under age 19; group insurance commission coverage.

Chapter 32A, Section 23. Coverage for speech, hearing and language disorders.

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