SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1638        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 578

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Potential Anti-Competitive Behavior by Hospitals and Payers..

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 the provisions of any general or special law to the contrary, the office of the attorney general shall conduct a study addressing potential anti-competitive behavior by hospitals and insurance carriers in the commonwealth. The attorney general shall issue a report summarizing its findings and making recommendations not later than December 31, 2009, and shall file such report with the joint committee on health care financing.