SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1229        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 566

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act to Promote Electronic Transmission of Health Care Transactions..

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. Chapter 176O of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2006 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 20, the following new section:

Section 21.  Beginning January 1, 2010, all hospitals, physician practices and carriers shall conduct the following transactions electronically:

1.Eligibility for a health plan transaction, as described under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart L;

2.Health care payment and remittance advise transaction, as described under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart P;

3.Health care claims or equivalent encounter information transaction, as described under Code of Federal Regulations, title 45, part 162, subpart K;