Budget Amendment ID: FY2027-S4-493-R1

Redraft EHS 493

Protecting Public Worker Access to Health Care

Ms. Friedman, Messrs. Mark, Collins, Gomez, Cronin, Keenan and Payano, Ms. Kennedy, Ms. Rausch, Ms. Miranda, Messrs. Moore and Eldridge, Ms. Howard, Mr. Brady and Ms. Lovely moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section 17 the following section:-  

"SECTION 17A. Section 20 of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following 2 sentences:- “No physician or other provider of services shall refuse to treat an individual covered by hospital, surgical, medical or catastrophic illness coverage offered by the commission under sections 4, 4A, 10B, 12 and 15 on the basis that the individual has such coverage. A physician or other provider of services who does not participate in commission coverage shall be reimbursed at the applicable out-of-network rate for the provided service then in effect at the time of treatment for the commission plan with the largest subscriber enrollment.”