Bill > S840

This bill modifies existing Massachusetts law to clarify how certain healthcare-related entities will financially contribute to the operating budgets of two state healthcare oversight entities: the Health Policy Commission and the Center for Health Information and Analysis. Specifically, the bill requires acute hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, non-hospital provider organizations, pharmaceutical manufacturing companies, pharmacy benefit managers, and surcharge payors to pay the commonwealth an amount to cover the estimated expenses of these commissions. The bill establishes that surcharge payors will be responsible for between 30% and 40% of the appropriated expenses, after subtracting filing fees, generated charges, and federal matching revenues. The assessment can be transferred in accordance with specific sections of existing healthcare law, and the amount must meet a minimum revenue threshold for each commission. The provisions aim to ensure these healthcare oversight entities have stable and predictable funding sources from the industries they regulate, with a balanced approach that considers various revenue streams and limits the financial burden on any single type of healthcare entity.

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https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S840