Coronavirus Update: Due to the coronavirus emergency, MassHealth and EOHHS are holding public hearings remotely. All public hearings will occur on the advertised dates and times. Details and instructions for attending and testifying remotely are provided below for each hearing. If you plan to testify at a remote hearing, EOHHS strongly encourages you to register in advance. EOHHS encourages you to submit written testimony in addition to, or instead of, providing testimony at the hearing. Instructions for registering online and for submitting written testimony can be found in the Notices of Public Hearing.
If you would like to testify at an upcoming public hearing, you may register online. Please register as soon as possible, but no later than one full business day before a scheduled public hearing, to ensure that your registration is received and processed. Any registrations submitted later than one business day before the scheduled public hearing will be given an opportunity to testify on a first-come basis after all other registrants have testified and as time permits.
You may also submit written testimony about proposed regulations by the specified date by emailing ehs-regulations@mass.gov. Please submit electronic testimony as an attached Word document or as text within the body of the email and type the name of the regulation in the subject line. All submissions must include the sender's full name and address. Persons who are unable to submit electronic testimony should mail written testimony to
EHS/MassHealth Publications
100 Hancock Street, 6th Floor
Quincy, MA 02171.
Please note: The WORD, RTF, and TEXT versions of documents are accessible formats intended for screen readers used by the vision-impaired.
Public hearings
| Public hearing notice, proposed regulation, and other related information | Public hearing date and time |
Deadline to submit |
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101 CMR 359.00: Rates for Home and Community-based Services Waivers |
Friday, May 22, 2020, at 10:00 a.m. This hearing will be conducted remotely. To join, go to https://statema.webex.com, and enter meeting ID 644 151 469. To join by phone, call (866) 692-3580, and enter meeting ID 644 151 469# when prompted. As an alternative to attending the hearing, you can view an unofficial live written recording of the hearing in progress provided by the Communication Access Realtime Transcription (CART) service at the following link: https://hricart.1capapp.com/event/eohhs. Interested parties may submit written comments by email or regular mail, as instructed in the Notice of Public Hearing. In addition, EOHHS will publish the staff testimony on the regulation web page for 101 CMR 359.00. |
by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 22, 2020 |
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101 CMR 361.00: Rates for Continuous Skilled Nursing Services |
April 24, 2020, at 11:00 a.m. This hearing will be conducted remotely. To join, go to https://statema.webex.com, and enter meeting ID 644 151 469. To join by phone, call (866) 692-3580, and enter meeting ID 644 151 469# when prompted. As an alternative to attending the hearing, you can view an unofficial live written recording of the hearing in progress provided by the Communication Access Realtime Transcription (CART) service at the following link: https://hricart.1capapp.com/event/eohhs. Interested parties may submit written comments by email or regular mail, as instructed in the Notice of Public Hearing. In addition, EOHHS will publish the staff testimony on the regulation web page for 101 CMR 361.00. |
by 5 p.m. on Friday, May 1, 2020 |
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This hearing has been cancelled. 101 CMR 348.00: Day Habilitation Services |
Friday, April 3, 2020, at 10 a.m. Due to the coronavirus emergency, the public hearing for proposed amendments to 101 CMR 348.00: Day Habilitation Services (originally scheduled for April 3, 2020) has been cancelled and will be rescheduled at a later date. The deadline for written comments (April 10, 2020) will also be rescheduled for a later date. Once a new date for the hearing and written comments have been scheduled, MassHealth will notify interested parties through standard processes. |
The comment due date has been extended to 5 p.m. on Friday, April 10, 2020. |
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101 CMR 343.00: Hospice Services |
Friday, March 20, 2020, at 12 p.m. This hearing will be conducted remotely. To join, go to https://statema.webex.com, and enter meeting ID 644 151 469. To join by phone, call (866) 692-3580, and enter meeting ID 644 151 469# when prompted. As an alternative to attending the hearing, you can view an unofficial live written recording of the hearing in progress provided by the Communication Access Realtime Transcription (CART) service at the following link: https://hricart.1capapp.com/event/eohhs. Interested parties may submit written comments by email or regular mail, as instructed in the Notice of Public Hearing. In addition, EOHHS will publish the staff testimony on the regulation web page for 101 CMR 343.00. |
The comment due date has been extended to 5 p.m. on Friday, March 27, 2020 |
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101 CMR 420.00: Rates for Adult Long-Term Residential Services |
Friday, March 13, 2020, at 9:30 a.m. |
by 5 p.m. on Friday, March 20, 2020 Coronavirus Update: If you plan to attend this public hearing, please be prepared to answer questions related to your recent travels and general health status. Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) emergency, campus police will ask all meeting attendees if they have had recent cold or flu symptoms, if they have traveled to, or been in close contact with anyone who has traveled to, any locations covered under a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Level 3 travel advisory, and if they have had close contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19. If you plan to attend the hearing, please allow additional time for this process. As an alternative to attending the hearing, you can view an unofficial live written recording of the hearing in progress provided by the Communication Access Realtime Transcription (CART) service at the following link: https://hricart.1capapp.com/event/eohhs. Interested parties may submit written comments by email or regular mail, as instructed in the Notice of Public Hearing. In addition, EOHHS will publish the staff testimony on the regulation web page for 101 CMR 420.00. The comment due date for written comments remains 03/20/2020 at 5:00 p.m. |
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101 CMR 613.00: Health Safety Net Eligible Services and 101 CMR 614.00: Health Safety Net Payments and Funding Notice of public hearing PDF | Word |
Friday, September 6, 2019, at 10 a.m. |
by 5 p.m. on Friday, September 27, 2019 Please note that this deadline has been extended from the original date of September 6, 2019. |