HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2155        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1103

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act requiring public notice prior to restricting Masshealth coverage..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

The fourth paragraph of section 12 of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2004 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following sentence:—

Regulations that restrict coverage or covered services shall be adopted only after public notice and hearing.