MA H4502

Bill

MA H4502

Relative to the task force on health insurance payer practices for certain prescription medications

Introduced
07/11/2016

In Committee
07/11/2016

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

Section 194 contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 (see House, No. 4450), which had been returned by His Excellency the Governor with recommendation of amendment (for message, see Attachment U of House, No. 4505). July 11, 2016.

AI Summary

This bill establishes a task force to study and analyze how health insurance companies handle certain prescription medications, specifically those given by injection or infusion that must be dispensed by a specialized pharmacy directly to patients or healthcare providers for a specific patient's use. The task force will investigate how this practice impacts healthcare quality, patient safety, and cost containment, and whether it should be regulated or restricted. The task force will be composed of various state officials, including designees from the secretary of health and human services, commissioner of public health, commissioner of insurance, and executive directors of the health policy commission and group insurance commission, along with representatives from hospital associations, health-system pharmacists, teaching hospitals, health plans, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts. This task force is required to submit a report of its findings and any recommended legislation to specific legislative committees by July 1, 2017, and the act is declared an emergency law to take effect immediately as of July 1, 2016.

Sponsors (0)

No sponsors listed

Last Action

Referred to the committee on House Bills in the Third Reading (on 07/11/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H4502

(10 Companion Bills)

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Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H4502
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/H4502.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H2016	House Rules governing the 2015-2016 legislative sessions	Order adopted, see H56	Similar To
H3333	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Signed by the Governor, Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2015	Similar To
H3593	Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court to the House ofRepresentatives [on certain questions ofLaw pertaining to the origin of a "moneyBill" in relation to the generalAppropriation bill for fiscal year 2016]	Placed on file	Similar To
H4450	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements	Section 166 passed over veto - see Roll Call #673 [YEAS 34 - NAYS 4]	Replaced by
H4505	A message from His Excellency the Governor returning with his reduction or disapproval of certain items and sections, and also with recommendations of amendments of certain sections contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 for the maintenance of the departments, board, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements [see House, No. 4450] (for	Placed on file	Replaced by
H4727	A communication from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (under the provisions of sections 1B, 1J and 1K of Chapter 69 of the General Laws) submitting amendments to 603 CMR 2.00, regulations on accountability and assistance for school districts and schools	Senate concurred	Similar To
H54	Annual report of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (under sections 21, 102 and 103 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws) relative to the percentum change in the average cost-of-living as shown by the United States consumer price index for the year 2014 compared with such index for the year 2013	Accompanied a study order, see H4367	Similar To
S28	Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects	Text of S21, printed as amended	Similar To
S50	Providing for an employee retirement incentive program	Passed to be engrossed	Similar To
S8	Text of the Senate Rules as adopted by the Senate as the permanent rules of the Senate for 2015-2016.		Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H2016

House Rules governing the 2015-2016 legislative sessions

Order adopted, see H56

Similar To

H3333

Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

Signed by the Governor, Chapter 10 of the Acts of 2015

Similar To

H3593

Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court to the House ofRepresentatives [on certain questions ofLaw pertaining to the origin of a "moneyBill" in relation to the generalAppropriation bill for fiscal year 2016]

Placed on file

Similar To

H4450

Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 for the maintenance of the departments, boards, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements

Section 166 passed over veto - see Roll Call #673 [YEAS 34 - NAYS 4]

Replaced by

H4505

A message from His Excellency the Governor returning with his reduction or disapproval of certain items and sections, and also with recommendations of amendments of certain sections contained in the engrossed Bill making appropriations for the fiscal year 2017 for the maintenance of the departments, board, commissions, institutions and certain activities of the Commonwealth, for interest, sinking fund and serial bond requirements and for certain permanent improvements [see House, No. 4450] (for

Placed on file

Replaced by

H4727

A communication from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (under the provisions of sections 1B, 1J and 1K of Chapter 69 of the General Laws) submitting amendments to 603 CMR 2.00, regulations on accountability and assistance for school districts and schools

Senate concurred

Similar To

H54

Annual report of the Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission (under sections 21, 102 and 103 of Chapter 32 of the General Laws) relative to the percentum change in the average cost-of-living as shown by the United States consumer price index for the year 2014 compared with such index for the year 2013

Accompanied a study order, see H4367

Similar To

S28

Making appropriations for the fiscal year 2015 to provide for supplementing certain existing appropriations and for certain other activities and projects

Text of S21, printed as amended

Similar To

S50

Providing for an employee retirement incentive program

Passed to be engrossed

Similar To

Text of the Senate Rules as adopted by the Senate as the permanent rules of the Senate for 2015-2016.

Similar To

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