Bill > S2881

This bill: Amends various laws to enhance health care cost growth monitoring and enforcement, including by expanding the authority and responsibilities of the Health Policy Commission and the Center for Health Information and Analysis. Key provisions include establishing a new state health plan, conducting focused health care assessments, strengthening oversight and enforcement of the health care cost growth benchmark, and increasing transparency and reporting requirements for providers, provider organizations, pharmaceutical companies, and pharmacy benefit managers. The bill also establishes licensing and regulation requirements for pharmacy benefit managers, creates a task force to study and make recommendations on primary care access and delivery, and directs the Department of Public Health to study and make recommendations on improving the effectiveness and efficiency of electronic health records in the commonwealth.

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/S2881