SENATE DOCKET, NO. 117        FILED ON: 1/18/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 506

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Jennifer L. Flanagan

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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:

The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:

An Act requiring MassHealth behavioral health care carve out contracts to be subject to the freedom of information statute..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Jennifer L. Flanagan

 

James B. Eldridge

 


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 117        FILED ON: 1/18/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 506

By Ms. Flanagan, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 506) of Eldridge and Flanagan for legislation to require MassHealth behavioral health care carve out contracts to be subject to the freedom of information statute [Joint Committee on Health Care Financing].

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act requiring MassHealth behavioral health care carve out contracts to be subject to the freedom of information statute..

 

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.  Section 113 of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006 is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence:-  "The terms and conditions of contracts, including financial arrangements, between any managed care organization and any specialty behavioral health managed care organization shall be subject to section 10 of Chapter 66 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition."