MA H1192

Bill

Relative to the examination of health care cost trends in MassHealth

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to the examination of health care cost trends in MassHealth. Health Care Financing.

AI Summary

This bill amends the existing law to expand the list of individuals who can be called as witnesses in the examination of health care cost trends in MassHealth, the state's Medicaid program. Specifically, it adds the assistant secretary for MassHealth as a witness, and allows them to provide testimony on the structure, benefits, caseload, and financing of the programs administered by MassHealth, as well as the agency's efforts to align or redesign those programs to encourage more integrated and efficient health care delivery systems.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Jeff Roy (D),

Last Action

Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence (on 06/22/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1192

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1192
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1192.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1161	To protect MassHealth applicants facing undue hardship	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
S50	Relative to personal care attendant services	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S543	Reducing health care costs through improved medication management	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Similar To
S559	Relative to special education health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Similar To
S661	Relative to MassHealth rates	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S687	To provide immediate relief to businesses on health care costs	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S698	To promote graduate medical education	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To
S730	To require equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers	Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session	Similar To

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