HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1578        FILED ON: 1/13/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 3594

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

_______________

In the Year Two Thousand Nine

_______________

An Act Relative to Eliminating A Clinically Ineffective Health Care Mandate..

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

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, insurance issued in the Commonwealth shall not be required to offer coverage for a bone marrow transplant or transplants for persons who have been diagnosed with breast cancer.

SECTION 2. Section 17D of Chapter 32A of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 3. Section 47R of Chapter 175 of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 4. Section 8O of Chapter 176A of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 5. Section 4O of Chapter 176B of the General Laws is hereby repealed.

SECTION 6. Section 4F of Chapter 176G of the General Laws is hereby repealed.