HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 507        FILED ON: 1/12/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 971

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to the licensure of certain health plans..

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

Section 14 of chapter 176G of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second paragraph and inserting in place thereof the following:— A license granted to a health maintenance organization pursuant to this section shall be renewed every two years.  The fee for such renewal, in an amount determined by the commissioner, shall be no less than $1,000.