MA H1173

Bill

Relative to a dental patient bill of rights

Introduced
03/29/2021

In Committee
03/29/2021

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to a dental insurance. Financial Services.

AI Summary

This bill aims to establish a dental patient bill of rights. Key provisions include requiring dental insurance plans to disclose the basis for their payment or reimbursement policies, such as "usual and customary" fees, and to provide this information on a publicly accessible website. The bill also requires plans to offer payment methods that do not require the dentist to incur a fee, and prohibits plans from interfering with a patient's choice of dentist or a dentist's provision of care within their scope of practice. Additionally, the bill prohibits plans from deducting overpayments from other claims unless both claims were for the same patient and dentist.

Committee Categories

Business and Industry

Sponsors (19)

Alice Peisch (D)*, Ruth Balser (D), Ryan Fattman (R), Bill Galvin (D), Carmine Gentile (D), Ken Gordon (D), Danielle Gregoire (D), Steven Howitt (R), Patrick Kearney (D), Sally Kerans (D), Mike Kushmerek (D), David LeBoeuf (D), Paul McMurtry (D), Brian Murray (D), Tram Nguyen (D), Dave Rogers (D), Lindsay Sabadosa (D), Dan Sena (D), Bill Straus (D),

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see H5208 (on 09/12/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1173

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1173
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/H1173.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1171	Relative to dental insurance assignment of benefits	Accompanied a study order, see H5208	Similar To
H204	Foster parents bill of rights	Accompanied H212	Similar To
H212	Establishing a foster parents' Bill of Rights	No further action taken	Similar To
H264	Providing a bill of rights for people experiencing homelessness	Accompanied a study order, see H5201	Similar To
H2958	Relative to the taxpayers’ bill of rights	Accompanied a study order, see H5200	Similar To
H5208	Study Order	No further action taken	Replaced by
S142	Providing a bill of rights for people experiencing homelessness	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S1616	Establishing the Correctional Officers' Procedural Bill of Rights	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S236	Establishing a dental patient bill of rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2701	Similar To
S87	Establishing a Foster Parents' Bill of Rights	New draft substituted, see S2954	Similar To

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MA H1173

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Sponsors (19)

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