MA S2931

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 to health care financing matters.

Introduced
01/29/2026

In Committee
02/02/2026

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead

Introduced Session

194th General Court

Bill Summary

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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 02/02/2026)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2931

(129 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2931
BillText	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/194/S2931.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
S1042	Relative to life saving treatment	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S111	Ensuring access to behavioral health services for children involved with state agencies	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1289	Clarifying mandatory overtime protections	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1362	To prohibit mandatory overtime	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1388	Building resilience and increasing access to mental health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1411	To establish a perinatal behavioral health care workforce trust fund	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1418	Relative to fetal opioid drug exposure	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1480	Relative to physician workforce data collection	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1481	Providing for consumer access to and the right to practice complementary and alternative health care services	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1488	Relative to facilitating the utilization of psychologists on the health care team	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1505	Relative to LGBTQ+ health disparities	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1511	Regulating surgical assistants	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1514	Relative to provider choice	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1515	Relative to enhancing statewide hospital capacity coordination	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1535	Relative to safe patient handling and mobility in certain health facilities	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1538	Connecting veterans with access to breakthrough treatments	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S154	Establishing guardians as providers of medical care to support the rights of incapacitated persons	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1551	Establishing a naloxone purchase trust fund	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1554	To reduce lung cancer deaths	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1565	Relative to diabetes prevention	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1578	Measuring the impact of Long COVID in the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1582	Improving Hepatitis C screening	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1583	To restore integrity in the marketing of pharmaceutical products and medical devices	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1586	Relative to smoking cessation agents	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1601	Relative to the reform of the personal care attendant system	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1602	Improving pediatric cancer research	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1621	Relative to medical records requests	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S168	To increase the safety of individuals with disabilities relying on life-support equipment	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1791	Relative to local public housing authorities access to the dental and vision insurance plan managed by the group insurance commission	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1792	Relative to mandatory coverage for certain health screenings for firefighters	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S1847	To provide diabetes prevention program benefits for GIC insurees	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S2587	Relative applied behavioral analysis reimbursement rates	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S2599	Providing insurance coverage for the medically necessary treatment of port-wine stains	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S2600	Requiring health insurance coverage for scalp cooling systems	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S465	Supporting individuals suffering with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and their families	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S472	Relative to Massachusetts home care eligibility	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S622	Protecting public health and reducing health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S679	Relative to mental health providers	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S683	Relative to special education health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S692	To facilitate timely access to quality health care by expanding access to patient navigation	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S694	Empowering health care consumers	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S695	Promoting consumer choice in health care	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S696	Ensuring transparency in the practice of dental leased networks	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S698	Relative to consumer deductibles	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S709	For supportive care for serious mental illness	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S712	Relative to ensuring treatment for genetic craniofacial conditions	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S715	Relative to modern family building	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S716	Relative to telehealth parity for nutrition counseling	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S718	Eliminating cost sharing for certain behavioral health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S724	Promoting healthcare access and affordability for patients	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S726	Relative to insurance coverage of mobile integrated health	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S728	Relative to step therapy and in vitro fertilization insurance coverage	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S742	Relative to cognitive rehabilitation for individuals with an acquired brain injury	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S756	Expanding insurance coverage for hearing aids and related services	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S758	Defining financial responsibility for uncollected co-pays, co-insurance and deductibles	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S759	Redirecting excessive health insurer reserves to support health care safety net programs	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S774	Relative to requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient substance abuse treatment	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S776	Relative to colon cancer screening	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S777	Relative to specialty medications and patient safety	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S778	Relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S791	Relative to nature as a prescription	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S792	Relative to increasing consumer access to licensed rehabilitation counselors	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S796	Relative to reducing unnecessary delays in patient care	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S798	Relative to small business health insurance incentives	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S802	To support behavioral health prevention for children	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S805	Relative to PANDAS/PANS screening in medical/clinical settings	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S806	Increasing access to acute hospital at home services	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S809	Relative to patient access to biomarker testing to provide appropriate therapy	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S814	Relative to health insurance coverage notification	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S818	Relative to eliminating the PCP referral requirement for specialty gynecological care	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S822	Expanding health insurance access for state employees	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S823	Enhancing post-pregnancy mental health care	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S824	Relative to IUD pain management coverage	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S827	To ensure access to prescription medications	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S832	Providing health insurance coverage for scalp and facial hair prostheses	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S839	Relative to funding for nursing home staffing	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S840	Relative to insurer responsibility to the operating budgets of health care oversight entities	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S841	To support equal access to community care for elders and persons with disabilities	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S844	To improve continuity of care for MassHealth members with chronic conditions	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S845	To protect 340B providers in the Medicaid program	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S846	To extend enhanced Medicaid benefits to eligible hospitals	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S847	Relative to rapid whole genome sequencing	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S848	Relating to covered entity reporting to increase accountability to safeguard benefit for vulnerable patients	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S849	To ensure health care as a right	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S852	Preventing medical debt by restoring health safety net eligibility levels	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S853	Preserving and protecting public health	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S856	Ensuring access and continuity of care to specialist and hospital services for dually eligible individuals	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S859	Establishing a public health option	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S860	Establishing medicare for all in Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S861	Relative to fiduciary responsibility	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S863	Relative to non-opioid options for chronic pain	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S864	Limiting excessive growth in the operating budgets of health care oversight agencies	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S865	Expanding the moral obligation bond program to acute care hospitals	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S871	Ensuring equal access to medical treatments essential for people with a developmental disability, intellectual disability, or autism	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S873	Relative to hospital closures and health planning	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S874	Strengthening mental health centers	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S877	To promote an enhanced care worker minimum wage	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S878	Relative to asset limits for MassHealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S879	To update Medicaid resource limits for seniors	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S880	Regarding Medicare savings programs eligibility	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S881	Providing Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation programs	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S883	To protect qualified medicare beneficiaries from improper billing	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S884	To define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber education settings	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S885	Relative to premium impact statements	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S886	Relative to family members serving as caregivers	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S888	Increasing access to MassHealth dental providers	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S890	To study the prevalence and cause of long term acute hospital stays	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S891	Relative to the primary care workforce development and loan repayment grant program at community health centers	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S892	To alleviate skyrocketing consumer health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S893	To ensure timely health care cost reporting and protecting not-for-profit patient care	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S894	Relative to coverage for chronic illness	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S896	To prohibit inappropriate use of the health care cost growth benchmark	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S897	Relative to hospital price transparency	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S898	Relative to patient centered access to behavioral health services in accountable care organizations	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S899	Relative to hospital profit and fairness	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S902	Lowering health care prices for patients	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S903	Improving access to post acute services	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S905	To improve health care cost accountability	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S906	Relative to health care non-discrimination	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S907	To protect Norwood healthcare access	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S908	Establishing a healthcare insurance premium payment pool for working families	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S910	Relative to association health plans	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S911	To strengthen the management of the health care connector	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S912	Ensuring temporary nursing service agency quality	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S913	To stabilize adult day health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S914	Relative to spouses as caregivers	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S915	Ensuring temporary nursing service agency quality	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S916	To enhance analysis of state health mandates and costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces
S917	To address the financial sustainability of the Health Safety Net	Accompanied a study order, see S2931	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

S1042

Relative to life saving treatment