MA S650

Bill

MA S650

Relating to patient cost, benefit and coverage information, choice, and price transparency

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to patient cost, benefit and coverage information, choice, and price transparency. Financial Services.

AI Summary

This bill aims to increase transparency and access to information related to patient costs, benefits, and coverage for prescription drugs. It requires health plans and pharmacy benefit managers to provide enrollees, their healthcare practitioners, or their personal representatives with real-time, current information on the cost-sharing, clinically-appropriate alternatives, and applicable utilization management requirements for any prescription drug covered under the enrollee's health plan. The bill also prohibits health plans and pharmacy benefit managers from restricting or discouraging the sharing of this information or from penalizing healthcare providers for disclosing it to patients. Additionally, the bill requires health plans and pharmacy benefit managers to treat an enrollee's identified personal representative as the enrollee for the purposes of this section.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (1)

Julian Cyr (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2693 (on 02/14/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S650

(14 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S650
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S650.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1069	Empowering health care consumers	Accompanied a study order, see H5222	Similar To
H1888	Relative to strengthening the penalty for assault or assault and battery on an emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider	Accompanied a study order, see H4844	Similar To
H4262	Enhancing the market review process	Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1194	Relative to occupational presumption and COVID-19	Accompanied a study order, see S2691	Similar To
S1450	Relative to notification of front-line health care workers to exposure of Coronavirus	Accompanied a study order, see S2887	Similar To
S1603	Requiring health care facilities to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence	Accompanied a study order, see S2766	Similar To
S2693	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Financial Services to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to health matters	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S642	Empowering health care consumers	Accompanied a study order, see S2917	Similar To
S766	Establishing medicare for all in Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see S2917	Similar To
S790	To define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber education settings	Accompanied S771	Similar To
S802	To ensure timely health care cost reporting	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Similar To
S812	To improve health care cost accountability	Accompanied a new draft, see H4248	Similar To
S813	Relative to health care non-discrimination	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Similar To
S926	Strengthening the penalty for assault or assault and battery on emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider	Accompanied a study order, see S2665	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1069

Empowering health care consumers

Accompanied a study order, see H5222

Similar To

H1888

Relative to strengthening the penalty for assault or assault and battery on an emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider

Accompanied a study order, see H4844

Similar To

H4262

Enhancing the market review process

Read; and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means

Similar To

S1194

Relative to occupational presumption and COVID-19

Accompanied a study order, see S2691

Similar To

S1450

Relative to notification of front-line health care workers to exposure of Coronavirus

Accompanied a study order, see S2887

Similar To

S1603

Requiring health care facilities to develop and implement programs to prevent workplace violence

Accompanied a study order, see S2766

Similar To

S2693

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

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Replaced by

S642

Empowering health care consumers

Accompanied a study order, see S2917

Similar To

S766

Establishing medicare for all in Massachusetts

Accompanied a study order, see S2917

Similar To

S790

To define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber education settings

Accompanied S771

Similar To

S802

To ensure timely health care cost reporting

Accompanied a study order, see S2800

Similar To

S812

To improve health care cost accountability

Accompanied a new draft, see H4248

Similar To

S813

Relative to health care non-discrimination

Accompanied a study order, see S2800

Similar To

S926

Strengthening the penalty for assault or assault and battery on emergency medical technician, ambulance operator, ambulance attendant or health care provider

Accompanied a study order, see S2665

Similar To

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