SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1733        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 534

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Richard T. Moore

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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 relative to the provider’s council.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Richard T. Moore

 

Ruth B. Balser

12th Middlesex

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

Katherine M. Clark

Fifth Middlesex

Peter V. Kocot

1st Hampshire

David Paul Linsky

5th Middlesex

John W. Scibak

2nd Hampshire


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1733        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 534

By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 534) of Richard T. Moore, Ruth B. Balser, Brian M. Ashe, Katherine M. Clark and other members of the General Court for legislation relative to the provider's council.  Health Care Financing.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act relative to the provider’s council.

 

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 subsections (b), (c) or (f) of section 12 of chapter one hundred seventy six J or any other general or special law to the contrary, Massachusetts Council of Human Services Providers, Inc., a Massachusetts charitable corporation, shall be deemed a “qualified association” and an approved “small business group purchasing cooperative,” both as defined in section 1 of chapter one hundred seventy-six J, and as such may procure health care coverage for qualified association members subject only to the provisions of subsections (a), (d) and (e) of section 12 of chapter one hundred seventy-six J and section 13 of chapter one hundred seventy-six J.