MA H1699

Bill

To require equitable payment from the Commonwealth

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
01/22/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation to provide that network hospitals be compensated for behavioral health services to certain MassHealth patients. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

AI Summary

This bill requires the Commonwealth government to ensure that network hospitals are compensated at their full negotiated rate for providing behavioral health services to MassHealth patients who are also clients of agencies within the Executive Office of Health and Human Services and for whom no appropriate alternative placement is available. However, this compensation is only provided if the hospital can document that it has made good faith efforts to place the patients in any appropriate alternative setting.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (5)

Ruth Balser (D), Carlos González (D), Kay Khan (D), Jason Lewis (D), José Tosado (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5097 (on 11/23/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1699

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1699
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1699.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1144	Relative to hospital profit transparency and fairness	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1172	Ensuring protections for physicians and hospitals that contract with Medicaid managed care organizations	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1190	To promote healthy sole community provider and critical access hospitals	Reporting date extended to Thursday December 31, 2020, pending concurrence	Similar To
H1927	Relative to hospital medical staffs	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H1986	Promoting sterilization during surgery	Accompanied a study order, see H4449	Similar To
H5097	Study Order	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S167	To prevent unscrupulous medical debt recovery practices	Accompanied a study order, see S2534	Similar To
S729	Relative to the closing of hospital essential services	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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