MA H1088

Bill

Relative to prescription drug access

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 benchmarks for access for MassHealth and private health insurance. Financial Services.

AI Summary

This bill prohibits MassHealth, private health insurance carriers, hospital service corporations, medical service corporations, and health maintenance organizations from using a "dollars per-quality adjusted life year" or similar measure that discounts the value of a life due to an individual's disability as a threshold to determine what healthcare is cost-effective or recommended, or to make decisions about coverage, reimbursement, or incentive programs. The purpose is to ensure that healthcare decisions do not unfairly disadvantage individuals with disabilities.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (3)

Angelo Puppolo (D), José Tosado (D), Bud Williams (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5160 (on 12/01/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1088

(8 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1088
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1088.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
H4017	Relative to hospital access to discounted prescription drug prices	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 82 of the Acts of 2019	Similar To
H5160	Study Order - payments and insurance	Discharged to the committee on House Rules	Replaced by
S2409	Relative to pharmaceutical access, costs and transparency	Read; 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
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
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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