MA S2543

Bill

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

Introduced
02/18/2020

In Committee
02/20/2020

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

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AI Summary

This bill authorizes and directs the Joint Committee on Financial Services to conduct an investigation and study of various current Senate documents related to financial services issues. The documents cover a wide range of topics, including transparency in insurance rate setting, coverage for hearing aids, prescription drug pricing, mental health parity, dental benefits, and alternatives to foreclosure, among others. The goal of the investigation and study is to examine these financial services-related issues in more detail.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Financial Services (J)

Last Action

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules (on 02/20/2020)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2543

(84 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2543
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S2543.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
S2323	Relative to assessment of surcharge points	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S2375	Relative to a long term care partnership program	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S2416	Prohibiting discrimination in insurance on the basis of having a naloxone prescription	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S539	Relative to transparency in homeowners insurance rate setting	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S540	Providing hearing aids for persons with sensory impairedness	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S541	Relative to co-pay assistance	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S542	Relative to communications between health insurers and patients	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S543	Reducing health care costs through improved medication management	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S544	Relative to transparency of dental benefits corporations	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S545	Relative to financial services contracts for dental benefits corporations	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S547	To facilitate alternatives to foreclosure	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S548	Expanding access to affordable telemedicine services	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S549	Relative to women’s health	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S550	Relative to mental health providers	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S551	Relative to administrative simplification	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S552	To promote transparency in prescription drug prices	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S553	Creating a maximum allowable check-cashing rate	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S556	Authorizing telemedicine services	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S557	Relative to Holocaust victims insurance relief	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S558	Relative to insurance companies and quality measures	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S559	Relative to special education health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S560	Relative to preserving fertility	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S562	Promoting consumer choice in health care	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S563	Relative to ensuring treatment for genetic craniofacial conditions	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S564	Relative to health insurer reserve requirements	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S565	To increase access to lactation support through proper reimbursement	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S566	To establish a resolution trust fund for receipt of reasonable mortgage payments	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S567	Relative to the collaborative agreement of a public health dental hygienist	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S569	Relative to cancellation of service contracts	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S570	Relative to out-of-pocket expenses for prescription drug coverage	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S571	Relative to unfair and deceptive insurance practices	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S572	Providing for coverage of necessary aqua therapy	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S573	Relative to health insurance for human services workers	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S574	Relative to secure choice retirement savings plan	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S575	To strengthen the state credit union charter	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S579	Establishing the Massachusetts infrastructure bank	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S582	Ensuring access to medications	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S583	Relative to group insurance commission procurement	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S584	Limiting out of pocket health expenses	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S586	Relative to rehabilitation periods for recovering substance abusers	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S587	To establish health equity for pregnant persons	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S592	Relative to consumer transparency about provider networks	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S593	To promote the accessibility, quality and continuity of care for consumers of behavioral health, substance use disorder and mental health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S597	Providing coverage for hearing aids	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S599	To provide immediate relief to businesses on health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S600	For greater fairness in insurance policies	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S601	To reduce the cost of pharmacy benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S602	To establish the Massachusetts secure choice retirement program and expand the Massachusetts CORE plan to all employers	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S603	Relative to the care and treatment of patients with mitochondrial disease	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S605	Relative to dual diagnosis treatment coverage	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S607	Reducing the financial burden of surprise medical bills for patients	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S608	To protect credit unions	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S609	To provide equal access to medication assisted treatment	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S615	Requiring mental health parity for disability policies	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S618	Relative to anesthesia coverage for children hospitalized for dental treatment	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S620	Relative to the fiduciary responsibility of lenders for non-payment of insurance premiums from escrowed accounts	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S622	Prohibiting unscrupulous medical referral restrictions	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S623	Relative to special insurance brokers	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S624	Relative to an affordable health plan	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S626	Relative to group market plans for automobile and homeowners insurance	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S627	Relative to civil liability for improper flood hazard determinations	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S628	Relative to dental insurance assignment of benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S629	Expanding automobile insurance coverage options to include the diminished value of automobiles	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S630	Relative to disability insurance benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S631	Relative to health insurance penalties	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S634	Relative to payments for use of ambulance services	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S635	Relative to homeowners' fire insurance policies	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S637	Relative to interstate branching of a credit union and the Massachusetts Credit Union Share Insurance Corporation	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S638	Relative to the compulsory automobile insurance limits	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S640	To ensure access to generic medications	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S643	Relative to preventing fraud	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S644	Relative to vacated foreclosed residential property	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S646	To strengthen pharmacy benefit management	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S647	Relative to small group eligibility	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S648	Relative to providing short term health care plans	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S649	Relative to mandated benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S650	Relative to transparent health care data	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S651	Relative to health purchasing cooperatives	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S652	Relative to pharmaceutical "gag clauses"	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S653	Relative to prescription drug pricing	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S654	To strengthen pharmacy benefit management	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S656	Relative to transparency for mental health parity	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S657	Relative to the early detection of cancer	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces
S658	Reforming labor rates paid by insurance companies to auto repairers in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2543	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

S2323

Relative to assessment of surcharge points