MA S2800

Bill

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

Introduced
03/31/2022

In Committee
04/04/2022

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2022

Introduced Session

192nd General Court

Bill Summary

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AI Summary

This bill authorizes the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing to investigate and study various Senate documents related to health care financing. The Senate documents cover a range of topics, including reimbursement rates for mental health beds, protection of public health, reduction of health care costs, special education health care costs, prescription drug voice synthesizers, hearing aid coverage, pharmacy benefit costs, medication adherence, pediatric care appointments, the well-being of health care professionals, long-term care facility resident representatives, smoking cessation agents, and an insulin patient assistance program.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Other Sponsors (1)

Joint Committee on Health Care Financing (J)

Last Action

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules (on 04/04/2022)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2800

(37 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2800
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/192/S2800.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
S1479	To ensure the wellbeing of health care professionals	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S1482	Ensuring access to a resident representative in long-term care facilities	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S1490	Relative to smoking cessation agents	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S237	Relative to maintaining independent authority over nursing licensure in the commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S2537	Relative to an insulin patient assistance program	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S577	Protecting public health and reducing health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S641	Relative to special education health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S658	Relative to prescription drug voice synthesizers	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S681	Providing coverage for hearing aids	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S684	To reduce the cost of pharmacy benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S696	To help patients and reduce healthcare costs by ensuring patient adherence to medications	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S723	Relative to pediatric care appointments	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S739	Relative to MassHealth rates	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S746	Administering national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S747	Regarding shared responsibility for health care oversight agencies	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S750	Improving access to dental care in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S752	Relative to the Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S758	To ensure effective health care as a right	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S764	Relative to maintenance of certification	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S767	Relative to fiduciary responsibility	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S772	Providing MassHealth benefits to emergency services personnel	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S775	Providing access to patient protection services for MassHealth consumers	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S779	Relative to the utilization of public health benefits by large employers	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S783	To ensure transparency for high-cost hospitals	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S787	Establishing a public health option	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S796	To support disproportionate share hospitals	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S797	Relative to premium impact statements	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S802	To ensure timely health care cost reporting	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S805	Relative to hospital profit and fairness	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S810	To clarify and enhance privacy protections for electronic health records	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S813	Relative to health care non-discrimination	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S814	Empowering patients and entrepreneurs with real transparency on cost	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S815	Establishing a healthcare insurance premium payment pool for working families	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S816	Relative to association health plans	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S817	To ensure protections for physicians & hospitals that contract with Medicaid managed care organizations	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S819	To address the financial sustainability of the Health Safety Net	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces
S820	Relative to reimbursement rates for mental health beds	Accompanied a study order, see S2800	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

S1479

To ensure the wellbeing of health care professionals