Section 1 - Definitions

Section 2 - Appointment of commissioner, agents and officers; establishment of subdivisions; duties; rules and regulations

Section 2A - Rates for health care services by governmental units; rates for supplies, care and rehabilitative services and accommodations; rates for educational assessments; rates for social service programs

Section 3 - Powers

Section 4 - Annual report

Section 5 - Payment of expenses by acute hospitals

Section 6 - Uniform reporting of revenues, charges, costs and utilization of health care services; methodologies

Section 6.5 - Public hearings based on information submitted under Secs. 6 and 6A; attorney general review; conduct of hearing; annual report

Section 6A - Collection of financial data from acute hospitals; annual reports

Section 6B - Applicants for uncompensated care pool assistance; enrollment in MassHealth or Insurance Partnership Program

Section 6C - Health insurance responsibility disclosure form

Section 7 - Determination of rates of payment

Section 8 - Conditions for reimbursement or payment by governmental units to certain health care service providers; penalties for non-compliance

Section 9 - Appeal from final or interim rate

Section 10 - Contracts for services with acute and non-acute hospitals; uniform charges; penalties for excess charges

Section 11 - Rates of payment under Title XIX

Section 12 - Excluded sources of revenue; definitions

Section 13 - Access to care for chapter 117A recipients

Section 14 - Surcharges for residents of other countries

Section 15 - Contracting rights of health maintenance organizations

Section 16 - Review of capital expenditure projects requiring determination of need; recommendations

Section 17 - Adjustment of rates upon petition of receiver

Section 18, 18A - Repealed, 2006, 58, Sec. 43

Section 18B - Free rider surcharges on non-providing employers

Section 19 - Repealed, 1996, 203, Sec. 19

Section 20 - Repealed, 1996, 203, Sec. 7

Section 21 - Small business health insurance programs

Section 22 - Advisory council; advisory boards

Section 23 - Investigation and study of uninsured and underinsured

Section 24 - Health plan report card

Section 24A - Report on implementation of prospective rate system under Sec. 7

Section 25 - Nursing homes; assessment for non-medicare reimbursed patient days; quarterly reporting; audits of assessment records; appeal of assessment; penalties

Section 26 - Pharmacies; assessment for non Medicare and non Medicaid prescriptions dispensed; quarterly reporting; audits; appeal; penalties

Section 27 - Definitions; assessments per bed day for ICF/PWID and community based residences; form for calculation; division's authority to audit; appeals; enforcement

Section 28 - Definitions for Secs. 28 to 33 relating to personal care attendant quality home care workforce council

Section 29 - Personal care attendant quality home care workforce council; members

Section 30 - Duties of workforce council; list of personal care attendants

Section 31 - Consumers' right to select and manage employment of personal care attendants; public employee status; strikes and work stoppages; collective bargaining; liability of council members

Section 32 - Powers of council

Section 33 - Performance review and report

Section 34 - Definitions applicable to Secs. 34 to 39

Section 35 - Health safety net office; director; powers and duties

Section 36 - Health Safety Net Trust Fund

Section 37 - Liability of acute hospitals to Health Safety Net Trust Fund; calculation; enforcement

Section 38 - Surcharge assessed by acute hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers; billing; liability to fund; enforcement

Section 39 - Reimbursements for health services provided to uninsured and underinsured individuals; rules and regulations; estimate of projected total reimbursable health services; verification of patient income data

Section 40 - Assessment for expenses associated with health care costs

Section 41 - Anatomic pathology services; billing requirements