Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

Virtual Hearing

Event Description

Health System Contracting & Financing, Delivery System Planning & Oversight

To Stream Live: MALegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Joint

PRE-REGISTRAION TO TESTIFY IS REQUIRED: Persons seeking to provide testimony must pre-register via this Google form: https://forms.gle/QH1ofrmvhYZgDtif6.

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: The deadline to register to testify is 5:00 P.M. Thursday, June 24. Once registered, a representative of the Legislative Information Services will e-mail each individual signed-up to appear a link to join the hearing on Microsoft Teams. Additional instructions on how to participate will be provided prior to the start of the hearing. Note: If a person is filling out the pre-registration form on behalf of another person, only the e-mail and contact information of the persons seeking to testify should be listed on the form.

ORAL TESTIMONY – INDVIDUAL TIME LIMIT: Individuals who register to testify at the hearing will be afforded 3 minutes to speak.

ORAL TESTIMONY – PARTICIPATING AS A PANEL: At the discretion of the Chairs, individuals may be called to offer testimony as part of a panel. Individuals participating as part of a panel must fill-out the appropriate section of the pre-registration form. Note: Each member of a panel is still required to fill out an individual pre-registration form.

ORAL TESTIMONY – PANEL TIME LIMIT: Persons who note in their pre-registration form that they wish to testify as part of a panel will be afforded 3 minutes per person up to a maximum of 9 minutes for the panels of 3 or more persons. The Chairs, at their discretion, may further limit the time for testimony.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: Written testimony may also be submitted to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing either through the pre-registration form or by E-mail to the Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.

LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL TESTIMONY: Due to the technical requirements of the Microsoft Teams meeting platform, legislators and public officials are also required to pre-register to testify before the committee. The Chairs, at their discretion, may take legislators and public officials out of turn. The committee will extend this courtesy to legislators and public officials only and may not be expanded to include other individuals or panels.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during the course of the hearing. It is the responsibility of the individuals seeking to testify to be prepared to speak when called upon by the Chairs. In the event that an individual is called by the Chairs and that person is not logged into the Teams platform, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
MA Joint Committee on Health Care Financing	6/29/2021 11:00 AM	02:57:36

Health System Contracting & Financing, Delivery System Planning & Oversight 11:00am - 4:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1239	An Act to strengthen the PIP process	James Arciero
H.1247	An Act to ensure more affordable care	Christine P. Barber
H.1252	An Act relative to CHIA reporting of health insurance carrier financials	Daniel Cahill
H.1253	An Act relative to the closing of hospital essential services	Edward F. Coppinger
H.1255	An Act relative to hospital profit transparency and fairness	Josh S. Cutler
H.1258	An Act regarding shared responsibility for funding of health care oversight agencies	Michael S. Day
H.1259	An Act strengthening market oversight in health care	Paul J. Donato
H.1260	An Act enhancing the market review process	Paul J. Donato
H.1261	An Act providing financial transparency for patients receiving care at hospital-based outpatient facilities	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
H.1262	An Act preserving access to essential health services	Patricia A. Duffy
H.1264	An Act to support disproportionate share hospitals	Michael J. Finn
H.1275	An Act to improve health care cost accountability	Kevin G. Honan
H.1277	An Act relative to establishing a health safety net task force	Steven S. Howitt
H.1280	An Act prohibiting surprise outside billing	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1282	An Act relative to certificate of need laws	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1285	An Act relative to determination of need of new technology	Meghan Kilcoyne
H.1286	An Act to address the financial sustainability of the Health Safety Net	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1294	An Act relative to hospital billing and licensure	Paul W. Mark
H.1299	An Act to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities through commercial rate equity for safety net hospitals	Frank A. Moran
H.1314	An Act relative to the Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund	Adam J. Scanlon
S.747	An Act regarding shared responsibility for health care oversight agencies	Nick Collins
S.752	An Act relative to the Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund	Brendan P. Crighton
S.754	An Act relative to the closing of hospital essential services	Julian Cyr
S.757	An Act relative to the examination of health care cost trends in MassHealth	Julian Cyr
S.760	An Act to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities through commercial rate equity for safety net hospitals	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.778	An Act relative to hospital closures and health planning	John F. Keenan
S.779	An Act relative to the utilization of public health benefits by large employers	John F. Keenan
S.782	An Act to ensure more affordable care	John F. Keenan
S.783	An Act to ensure transparency for high-cost hospitals	John F. Keenan
S.784	An Act to assist community hospitals	Edward J. Kennedy
S.795	An Act providing transparency for patients receiving care at hospital-based facilities	Jason M. Lewis
S.796	An Act to support disproportionate share hospitals	Jason M. Lewis
S.802	An Act to ensure timely health care cost reporting	Mark C. Montigny
S.805	An Act relative to hospital profit and fairness	Michael O. Moore
S.812	An Act to improve health care cost accountability	Michael F. Rush
S.814	An Act empowering patients and entrepreneurs with real transparency on cost	Bruce E. Tarr
S.819	An Act to address the financial sustainability of the Health Safety Net	John C. Velis

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

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