HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 573        FILED ON: 1/11/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1149

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

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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 to require equivalent Medicaid reimbursement.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Tricia Farley-Bouvier

3rd Berkshire

1/11/2019

Brian M. Ashe

2nd Hampden

1/22/2019

James K. Hawkins

2nd Bristol

1/30/2019

Adam G. Hinds

Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden

1/31/2019

Russell E. Holmes

6th Suffolk

2/1/2019

Rebecca L. Rausch

Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex

1/30/2019

José F. Tosado

9th Hampden

1/17/2019


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 573        FILED ON: 1/11/2019

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 1149

By Ms. Farley-Bouvier of Pittsfield, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1149) of Tricia Farley-Bouvier and others relative to the reimbursement rates for out-of-state providers that contract with MassHealth.  Health Care Financing.

 

[SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION
SEE HOUSE, NO. 2213 OF 2017-2018.]

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-First General Court
(2019-2020)

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An Act to require equivalent Medicaid reimbursement.

 

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 13F of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:--

(d) In establishing rates of payment for out-of-state acute hospitals, the executive office, or governmental unit designated by the executive office, shall not establish inpatient or outpatient rates for services that are higher than those established under the hospital’s state medicaid program for services of the same acuity.

SECTION 2. Section 13J of said chapter 118E, as so appearing, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:--

In establishing rates of payment for out-of-state acute hospitals, a health maintenance organization organized under chapter 176G shall not establish inpatient or outpatient rates for services that are higher than those established under the hospital’s state medicaid program for services of the same acuity.