HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2023        FILED ON: 1/15/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4013

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Carmine Lawrence Gentile and Mike Connolly

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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 improve healthcare and reduce consumer costs.

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PETITION OF:

 

Name:

District/Address:

Date Added:

Carmine Lawrence Gentile

13th Middlesex

1/15/2025

Mike Connolly

26th Middlesex

1/15/2025

James B. Eldridge

Middlesex and Worcester

3/20/2025


HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2023        FILED ON: 1/15/2025

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4013

By Representatives Gentile of Sudbury and Connolly of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 4013) of Carmine Lawrence Gentile, Mike Connolly and James B. Eldridge relative to for-profit health care and insurance.  Financial Services.

 

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)

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An Act to improve healthcare and reduce consumer costs.

 

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 51 of chapter 111 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after the second paragraph the following paragraph:-

No original license shall be issued to establish or maintain a for-profit hospital or a for-profit clinic providing ambulatory surgery.

SECTION 2. Section 51G of said chapter 111, as most recently amended by section 64 of chapter 343 of the acts of 2024, is hereby amended by adding the following paragraph:-

(9) No original license shall be granted to establish or maintain a for-profit acute care hospital.

SECTION 3. Section 4 of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding the following subsection:-

(18) Notwithstanding any other general or special law to the contrary, the commissioner shall not grant licenses or certificates of authority to issue policies of health insurance to any for-profit company.

SECTION 4. This act shall take effect 18 months following the date of its enactment.