Budget Amendment ID: FY2012-S3-597

EHS 597

Maintaining Patient Access

Mr. Kennedy and Ms. Candaras moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, Mr. Kennedy moved to amend the bill by inserting, after Section ___, the following new Section:-

"SECTION ___. Notwithstanding any general or specific law to the contrary, MassHealth Managed Care Organizations and Commonwealth Care health plans shall be prohibited from restricting from their networks Signature Healthcare-Brockton Hospital, and their related physicians that have historically served a large proportion of these plan enrollees, and that are willing to contract according to the terms and conditions of other independent providers in the health plan network for all covered benefits and specific facility type, and provided further, that the Commonwealth Health InsuranceConnector Authority and the Executive Office of Health and Human Services shall ensure the implementation of this provision through its contractual and oversight authority."