Amendment #546 to H3400

Mayflower Municipal Health Group

[Sponsors] Representatives Pedone of Worcester and Mariano of Quincy move to amend section 46, in proposed section 21, by adding at the end thereof the following subsection (e):

(e)  The governing board of a joint purchase group established pursuant to Section 12 of this chapter may make the same changes to the plan design features of the health plans that it offers to its governmental unit members’ subscribers as the appropriate public authority of a governmental unit is authorized to make to that governmental unit’s health plans pursuant to sub-section (a) and (b) above.  The governmental unit members of such joint purchase group shall not be required to bargain over the decision to make such changes to their subscribers’ health plans.