MA S753

Bill

Advancing health care research and decision-making centered on patients and people with disabilities

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 to advance health care research and decision-making centered on patients and people with disabilities. Health Care Financing.

AI Summary

This bill aims to advance health care research and decision-making by centering the perspectives of patients and people with disabilities. It amends the Massachusetts General Laws to require the Division of Medical Assistance to establish standards of patient-centeredness for any research and analysis used in decision-making that impacts access to healthcare treatments and services. These standards include evaluating a range of research that considers patient-prioritized outcomes and subgroup differences, as well as ensuring scientific rigor. The bill also prohibits the Division and the Health Policy Commission from using measures like dollars-per-quality adjusted life year that could discriminate against certain patients. Additionally, the bill requires the Division to have appeals and physician override mechanisms for any policies limiting patient access to care.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (2)

Brendan Crighton (D)*, Jamie Eldridge (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2917 (on 06/09/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S753

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S753
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S753.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1870	Relative to the protection of persons with disabilities	No further action taken	Similar To
H227	To support equal access to community care for elders and the disabled	Accompanied S748	Similar To
H3107	Relative to the employment of persons with disabilities on state contracts	No further action taken	Similar To
H3398	Relative to providing improved access to taxicabs for persons with disabilities	No further action taken	Similar To
H750	Relative to assisting elders and people with disabilities in the Commonwealth	Joint Committee on Elder Affairs Hearing (13:00 7/12/2021 Virtual Hearing)	Similar To
S1083	Prohibiting discrimination against adults with disabilities in family and juvenile court proceedings	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S122	Relative to persons with developmental disabilities	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2021	Relative to employment of persons with disabilities on state contracts	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S2917	Order relative to authorizing the joint committee on Health Care Financing to make an investigation and study of certain current Senate documents relative to health care financing	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Replaced by
S745	Relative to preventing discrimination against persons with disabilities in the provision of health care	Accompanied a new draft, see S2921	Similar To

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