SECTION 1. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, there is hereby established a commission to study and provide recommendations on the effectiveness of certificate of need laws in the commonwealth.

The commission shall consist of 13 members: the chairs of the house and senate committees on ways and means, or their respective designees; the house and senate chairs of the joint committee on health care financing; one member to be appointed by the senate minority leader; one member to be appointed by the house minority leader; the Executive Director of the Center for Health Information and analysis, or a designee; the Director of the Health Policy Commission, or a designee; The Commissioner of the Department of Public Health, or a designee; two members to be appointed by the secretary of the executive office of health and human services; and two members to be appointed by the governor.

The commission shall examine the costs and benefits that existing certificate of need laws impose on the commonwealth's healthcare system. Factors to be considered include, but are not limited to: access to healthcare, such as the number of hospitals per capita, the number of hospital beds per capita, the number of dialysis clinics, and the number of ambulatory surgical centers; quality of healthcare services received, such as mortality rate following heart attacks, heart failure, and pneumonia, as well as the number of post-surgery complications; and the cost of healthcare services, such as the cost per medical procedure, and healthcare spending per patient.

The commission shall submit its report and findings, along with any recommendations and drafted legislation and regulations, to the house and senate committees on ways and means, the joint committee on health care financing, and the clerks of the house of representatives and senate within 12 months of the passage of this act.