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In 2012, the Massachusetts Legislature passed a law to control health care spending growth while improving access and quality-- Chapter 224. As part of this law, the Legislature tasked the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) with conducting a review of the impacts of this law. The goal of this review was to provide policymakers and stakeholders with an understanding of whether the law was meeting its goals in the areas of cost, access, behavioral health, workforce development, and public health.

The OSA released an initial report on the impacts in June of 2017, and a follow-up report in July 2018.

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Read the OSA’s 2018 report on the impact of Chapter 224 Read the executive summary of the 2018 report on the state’s direct care workforce

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Read the 2018 report on the state’s direct care workforce Read the OSA's 2017 report on the impact of Chapter 224 Read the executive summary of OSA's 2017 report on the impact of Chapter 224

Chapter 224 overview Learn more about large scale evaluations Workforce impacts of the health care cost containment law Health Care Cost Containment Law Evaluation Advisory Committee Research design summary for the evaluation of the Health Care Cost Containment Law Read the Chapter 224 Stakeholder Study

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