MA S624

Bill

Relative to an affordable health plan

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 relative to an affordable health plan. Financial Services.

AI Summary

This bill aims to create an "Affordable Health Plan" in Massachusetts. The key provisions are: 1. Requires health insurance carriers in the state to offer an Affordable Health Plan that provides benefits equivalent to the lowest-level plan available in the state's health insurance marketplace, with payment to providers set at 110% of the Medicare reimbursement rate. 2. Prohibits providers from balance billing individuals enrolled in the Affordable Health Plan and from increasing charges to other payers to recoup losses from the lower reimbursement rates. 3. Requires existing contracts between providers and carriers to comply with the reimbursement rate requirements for the Affordable Health Plan, and prohibits providers from refusing to participate in the Affordable Health Plan if they are already in the carrier's network. 4. Repeals an existing section of the state's insurance laws related to the pricing of small group and individual health plans. 5. Specifies that the repeal of the existing law will take effect on January 1, 2018.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (1)

Mike Moore (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2543 (on 02/18/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S624

(15 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S624
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S624.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1263	To promote affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Similar To
H1271	Expanding the definition of affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4975	Similar To
H1273	Creating a commission to study the definition of affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H4974	Similar To
H1299	Relative to zoning density	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
H2457	Empowering cities and towns to impose a fee on home sales over one million dollars to support affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see H5040	Similar To
H3696	Relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2020	Similar To
S1559	Relative to retired public employees not eligible for Medicare	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S2389	Relative to affordable housing in the town of Shrewsbury	Accompanied a study order, see S2528	Similar To
S2421	Further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville	Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling	Similar To
S2543	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Financial Services to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to financial services issues	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S773	Supporting affordable housing with a local option for a fee to be applied to certain real estate transactions	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S796	Relative to affordable housing	Accompanied a study order, see S2526	Similar To
S804	To update Chapter 40B to support the creation of affordable housing while strengthening local oversight	Accompanied a study order, see S2526	Similar To
S813	Relative to the oversight of affordable housing developments	Accompanied a study order, see S2526	Similar To
S814	Relative to expanding the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality’s affordable housing inventory	Accompanied a study order, see S2526	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1263

To promote affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H4975

Similar To

H1271

Expanding the definition of affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H4975

Similar To

H1273

Creating a commission to study the definition of affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H4974

Similar To

H1299

Relative to zoning density

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

H2457

Empowering cities and towns to impose a fee on home sales over one million dollars to support affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see H5040

Similar To

H3696

Relative to certain affordable housing in the South End section of the city of Boston

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 55 of the Acts of 2020

Similar To

S1559

Relative to retired public employees not eligible for Medicare

Accompanied a study order, see S2545

Similar To

S2389

Relative to affordable housing in the town of Shrewsbury

Accompanied a study order, see S2528

Similar To

S2421

Further defining the purposes of the affordable housing trust in the city of Somerville

Read; and referred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling

Similar To

S2543

Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Financial Services to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to financial services issues

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Replaced by

S773

Supporting affordable housing with a local option for a fee to be applied to certain real estate transactions

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S796

Relative to affordable housing

Accompanied a study order, see S2526

Similar To

S804

To update Chapter 40B to support the creation of affordable housing while strengthening local oversight

Accompanied a study order, see S2526

Similar To

S813

Relative to the oversight of affordable housing developments

Accompanied a study order, see S2526

Similar To

S814

Relative to expanding the eligibility of households for inclusion in a municipality’s affordable housing inventory

Accompanied a study order, see S2526

Similar To

Bill > S624

MA S624

summary

Introduced Session

Bill Summary

AI Summary

Committee Categories

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Official Document

bill text

bill summary

bill summary

bill summary