Sponsored by: Rep. Marjorie Decker

Supported in partnership with MHA, Massachusetts Medical Society, and Healthcare For All, this proposal addresses timely patient access by reducing administrative burdens relative to prior authorization.  

Sponsored by: Sen. Cindy Friedman

Supported in partnership with MHA, Massachusetts Medical Society, and Healthcare For All, this proposal addresses timely patient access by reducing administrative burdens relative to prior authorization.  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Cahill, Sen. John Velis

The commonwealth Health Safety Net program, which funds care for uninsured patients, is in jeopardy. This bill addresses the Health Safety Net program’s financial instability in two ways.  

Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Stanley, Sen. Pavel Payano

This legislation aims to streamline healthcare transitions, enhance support for post-acute care, improve patient protections, and strengthen the long-term care system in the commonwealth.  

Sponsored by: Rep. Marjorie Decker, Sen. John Keenan

This legislation builds on Chapter 177 of the Acts of 2022 to expand access to mental health services. 

Sponsored by: Rep. Dan Hunt, Sen. Paul Feeney

This bill works to address growing EMS challenges by ensuring insurance prior authorization for patient transportation is valid for three business days to take into account any transport delays, while ensuring that EMS providers are adequately reimbursed by MassHealth for non-emergency medical transportation for behavioral health, dialysis, and post-acute care transportation.  

Sponsored by: Rep. Adam Scanlon, Sen. Paul Feeney

This legislation would require the Executive Office of Health and Human Services to establish a pilot program to evaluate alternative models of transport for behavioral health patients and would require MassHealth reimburse for these services.

Sponsored by: Rep. Marjorie Decker, Sen. Brendan Crighton

This bill seeks to improve access to mental health services for children involved with state agencies, including the Department of Mental Health, the Department of Developmental Services, and the Department of Children and Families.

Sponsored by: Rep. Marjorie Decker, Sen. Adam Gomez

The bill supports reimbursement parity for all telehealth services, expands access to the full range of telehealth services, and prohibits insurers from imposing prior authorization requirements on medically necessary telehealth visits that would not apply to in-person visits.  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Lewis

This legislation mirrors recommendations outlined in the HPC’s report and would prohibit insurers, including the Group Insurance Commission (GIC), MassHealth, and commercial carriers, from utilizing brownbagging practices.  

Sponsored by: Rep. Sean Reid, Sen. Jason Lewis

This legislation would follow the approach enacted in other states, creating protections against pharmacy benefit managers’ (PBMs’) discriminatory practices in the commercial market.  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kate Lipper Garabedian, Sen. Brendan Crighton

This language would prohibit further erosion of this critical component of hospital and health system financing related to 340B drugs provided to MassHealth patients.  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Day

This bill proposes amendments to Chapter 111 of the General Laws to enhance transparency regarding providers' participation in patients' health benefit plans and related cost information.