MA S2356

Bill

Financing and delivery of health care in the Commonwealth

Introduced
06/23/2016

In Committee
06/27/2016

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to the financing and delivery of health care in the Commonwealth.

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 06/27/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2356

(106 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2356
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S2356.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
S1027	To require health care coverage for the emergency psychiatric services	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1029	To improve access to child and adolescent mental health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1031	Relative to improved medication adherence	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1051	Relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1114	To eliminate health disparities in the commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1123	Relative to dentistry licensure examinations	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1125	Relative to cost reduction in the Medicaid program by improving early childhood oral health	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1140	Modernizing emergency medical services oversight	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1143	Prohibiting the participation of health care professionals in the torture and abuse of prisoners	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1148	Relative to maternity patient rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1161	Relative to prescription monitoring of certain commonly abused drugs	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1181	Regarding MassHealth applications	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1188	To reduce health care costs by promoting evidence-based prescriber education	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1203	Relative to baseline concussion testing for student athletes	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1206	Relative to patient safety	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S1972	Relative to the spinal cord injury trust fund	Passed to be engrossed - see Roll Call #168 (YEAS 34 - NAYS 4)	Similar To
S2004	Requiring medical exams for certain school bus drivers	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S2074	Providing for further protection from pertussis	Read second and ordered to a third reading	Similar To
S2076	Establishing a dental hygiene practitioner level of practice	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S2113	Relative to group insurance costs for certain public retirees	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S2149	Relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S2306	Financing and delivery of health care to children	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S2307	Financing and Delivery of Health Care	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S2360	Financing and Delivery of Health Care	Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules	Similar To
S284	Relative to preventing adolescent substance abuse by expanding SBIRT	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S352	Relative to stabilizing the commonwealth’s nursing facilities	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S355	Increasing the personal needs allowance for residents of long term care facilities	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S359	Relative to protecting the health and safety of elders with hoarding disorder	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S360	Relative to training of elder services workers in dementia and Alzheimer’s	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S361	Regarding home care services	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S364	Relative to reserving beds in nursing homes during certain leaves of absence	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S371	Regarding Medicaid eligibility for seniors	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S463	To ensure microbead-free water	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S563	To increase health insurer reporting transparency	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S564	Establishing a commission relative to group purchasing of health insurance for private sector human service workers	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S566	Relative to dental benefit plan transparency and patients' Bill of Rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S568	To study disparities in health care resulting from changes in marital status	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S569	To benefit the health safety net trust fund	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S572	Relative to the governance of the Health Policy Commission	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S573	Providing for tobacco cessation benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S575	Relative to tiered networks	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S576	Relative to hospitals serving aging populations	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S577	To improve access to child and adolescent mental health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S578	Relative to mental health certified peer specialists	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S579	Establishing Medicare for all in Massachusetts	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S581	To ensure access to medications	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S582	Regarding the countable assets of medical assistance recipients	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S583	Relative to fiduciary responsibility	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S584	To provide access to patient protection for all Massachusetts citizens	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S585	To require equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S586	Relative to integrated behavioral health care	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S587	Relative to administrative simplification	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S588	Relative to behavioral health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S589	To ensure quality, affordability and access to primary and preventive health care, to eliminate health disparities, and to enhance economic growth throughout the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S590	To provide immediate relief to businesses on health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S591	To provide immediate relief to businesses on health care costs	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S592	Providing an alternative to institutional care	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S593	Eliminating age discrimination in the MassHealth program	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S595	To preserve affordable health coverage for Massachusetts residents	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S596	Safeguarding consumer parity rights	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S597	To safeguard access to patient medical records	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S599	Relative to personal responsibility in funding long term care	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S600	Relative to payment for long term care workers CORIs	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S601	To provide for the privacy of information submitted by hospital medical staff	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S602	Establishing a hardship waiver for Medicaid beneficiaries	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S604	Establishing a public health option	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S605	To define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber education settings	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S606	To keep people healthy by removing barriers to cost-effective care	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S607	Relative to Health Policy Commission oversight of insurer transactions	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S609	Relative to health management and wellness	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S610	To ensure continued health insurance coverage for children	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S611	To provide equal access to medical treatments essential for people with autism	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S612	Relative to increasing access to psychological services	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S613	Relative to review of provider material changes	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S614	Relative to community hospitals	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S615	Relative to coverage for chronic illness	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S616	To benefit the Health Safety Net Trust Fund	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S620	Relative to the equitable assignment of MassHealth enrollees	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S621	Relative to monthly enrollment for Medicaid beneficiaries	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S622	Relative to supplemental lines of insurance	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S623	Relative to hospital profit and fairness	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S624	Relative to transparency in hospital margins	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S625	Relative to patient access	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S626	Relative to transparency in health care	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S628	To protect health care reform funding	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S629	Relative to requiring premium impact statements	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S630	Relative to medical malpractice insurance	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S631	Relative to health insurance penalties	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S632	Relative to the Health Policy Commission	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S633	Relative to spousal waiver for home and community-based services for physically disabled adults age 60 and under	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S636	Relating to the reporting of claim information under certain group health plans	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S637	Relative to providing short term health care plans	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S638	Establishing a healthcare insurance premium payment pool for working families	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S639	Relative to mandatory prescription drug coverage	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S640	Relative to small group eligibility	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S641	To strengthen the management of the health care connector	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S642	Relative to medicare and medicaid benchmarks	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S643	Relative to mandated benefits	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S645	Ensuring access to necessary hospital services	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S646	Regarding Medicare savings programs eligibility	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S647	To ensure effective health care cost control	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S648	Relative to Sole community providers	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S649	To promote the accessibility, quality and continuity of care for consumers of behavioral health, substance use disorder and mental health services	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S853	Improving medical decision making	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S91	To assess the impact of the public welfare system on the health and well-being of children	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces
S93	Increasing the personal care allowance for long term care residents	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Replaces

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

S1027

To require health care coverage for the emergency psychiatric services

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1029

To improve access to child and adolescent mental health services

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1031

Relative to improved medication adherence

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1051

Relative to creating a pilot program to transfer high acuity behavioral health and dual diagnosis patients away from overcrowded emergency departments

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1114

To eliminate health disparities in the commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1123

Relative to dentistry licensure examinations

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1125

Relative to cost reduction in the Medicaid program by improving early childhood oral health

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1140

Modernizing emergency medical services oversight

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1143

Prohibiting the participation of health care professionals in the torture and abuse of prisoners

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1148

Relative to maternity patient rights

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1161

Relative to prescription monitoring of certain commonly abused drugs

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1181

Regarding MassHealth applications

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1188

To reduce health care costs by promoting evidence-based prescriber education

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1203

Relative to baseline concussion testing for student athletes

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1206

Relative to patient safety

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S1972

Relative to the spinal cord injury trust fund

Passed to be engrossed - see Roll Call #168 (YEAS 34 - NAYS 4)

Similar To

S2004

Requiring medical exams for certain school bus drivers

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S2074

Providing for further protection from pertussis

Read second and ordered to a third reading

Similar To

S2076

Establishing a dental hygiene practitioner level of practice

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S2113

Relative to group insurance costs for certain public retirees

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S2149

Relative to liability protection for disaster volunteers

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S2306

Financing and delivery of health care to children

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S2307

Financing and Delivery of Health Care

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S2360

Financing and Delivery of Health Care

Discharged to the committee on Senate Rules

Similar To

S284

Relative to preventing adolescent substance abuse by expanding SBIRT

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S352

Relative to stabilizing the commonwealth’s nursing facilities

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S355

Increasing the personal needs allowance for residents of long term care facilities

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S359

Relative to protecting the health and safety of elders with hoarding disorder

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S360

Relative to training of elder services workers in dementia and Alzheimer’s

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S361

Regarding home care services

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S364

Relative to reserving beds in nursing homes during certain leaves of absence

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S371

Regarding Medicaid eligibility for seniors

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S463

To ensure microbead-free water

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S563

To increase health insurer reporting transparency

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S564

Establishing a commission relative to group purchasing of health insurance for private sector human service workers

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S566

Relative to dental benefit plan transparency and patients' Bill of Rights

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S568

To study disparities in health care resulting from changes in marital status

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S569

To benefit the health safety net trust fund

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S572

Relative to the governance of the Health Policy Commission

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S573

Providing for tobacco cessation benefits

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S575

Relative to tiered networks

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S576

Relative to hospitals serving aging populations

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S577

To improve access to child and adolescent mental health services

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S578

Relative to mental health certified peer specialists

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S579

Establishing Medicare for all in Massachusetts

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S581

To ensure access to medications

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S582

Regarding the countable assets of medical assistance recipients

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S583

Relative to fiduciary responsibility

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S584

To provide access to patient protection for all Massachusetts citizens

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S585

To require equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S586

Relative to integrated behavioral health care

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S587

Relative to administrative simplification

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S588

Relative to behavioral health services

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S589

To ensure quality, affordability and access to primary and preventive health care, to eliminate health disparities, and to enhance economic growth throughout the Commonwealth

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S590

To provide immediate relief to businesses on health care costs

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S591

To provide immediate relief to businesses on health care costs

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S592

Providing an alternative to institutional care

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S593

Eliminating age discrimination in the MassHealth program

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S595

To preserve affordable health coverage for Massachusetts residents

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S596

Safeguarding consumer parity rights

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S597

To safeguard access to patient medical records

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S599

Relative to personal responsibility in funding long term care

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S600

Relative to payment for long term care workers CORIs

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S601

To provide for the privacy of information submitted by hospital medical staff

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S602

Establishing a hardship waiver for Medicaid beneficiaries

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S604

Establishing a public health option

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S605

To define modest meals and refreshments in prescriber education settings

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S606

To keep people healthy by removing barriers to cost-effective care

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S607

Relative to Health Policy Commission oversight of insurer transactions

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S609

Relative to health management and wellness

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S610

To ensure continued health insurance coverage for children

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S611

To provide equal access to medical treatments essential for people with autism

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S612

Relative to increasing access to psychological services

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S613

Relative to review of provider material changes

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S614

Relative to community hospitals

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S615

Relative to coverage for chronic illness

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S616

To benefit the Health Safety Net Trust Fund

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S620

Relative to the equitable assignment of MassHealth enrollees

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S621

Relative to monthly enrollment for Medicaid beneficiaries

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S622

Relative to supplemental lines of insurance

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S623

Relative to hospital profit and fairness

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S624

Relative to transparency in hospital margins

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S625

Relative to patient access

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S626

Relative to transparency in health care

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S628

To protect health care reform funding

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S629

Relative to requiring premium impact statements

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S630

Relative to medical malpractice insurance

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S631

Relative to health insurance penalties

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S632

Relative to the Health Policy Commission

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S633

Relative to spousal waiver for home and community-based services for physically disabled adults age 60 and under

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S636

Relating to the reporting of claim information under certain group health plans

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S637

Relative to providing short term health care plans

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S638

Establishing a healthcare insurance premium payment pool for working families

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S639

Relative to mandatory prescription drug coverage

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S640

Relative to small group eligibility

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S641

To strengthen the management of the health care connector

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S642

Relative to medicare and medicaid benchmarks

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S643

Relative to mandated benefits

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S645

Ensuring access to necessary hospital services

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S646

Regarding Medicare savings programs eligibility

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S647

To ensure effective health care cost control

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S648

Relative to Sole community providers

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S649

To promote the accessibility, quality and continuity of care for consumers of behavioral health, substance use disorder and mental health services

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S853

Improving medical decision making

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S91

To assess the impact of the public welfare system on the health and well-being of children

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

S93

Increasing the personal care allowance for long term care residents

Accompanied a study order, see S2356

Replaces

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MA S2356

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