SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1737        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 559

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Daniel A. Wolf

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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 ambulatory surgicenters and clinical laboratories to serve MassHealth enrollees ..

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Daniel A. Wolf

 

Sarah K. Peake

4th Barnstable


SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1737        FILED ON: 1/21/2011

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 559

By Mr. Wolf,  a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 559) of Daniel A. Wolf and Sarah K. Peake for legislation to require ambulatory surgicenters and clinical laboratories to serve MassHealth enrollees.  Health Care Financing.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE SENATE, NO. 577 OF 2009-2010.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the Year Two Thousand Eleven

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An Act requiring ambulatory surgicenters and clinical laboratories to serve MassHealth enrollees ..

 

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 any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, the department of public health shall require as a condition of licensure of ambulatory surgery centers and clinical laboratories that such entities contract with the executive office of health and human services to participate as providers of MassHealth.