Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

Virtual Hearing

Event Description

Primary Care & Behavioral Health Care, Patient Care Coordination

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

PRE-REGISTRATION TO TESTIFY IS REQUIRED: Persons seeking to provide testimony must pre-register via this Google form: https://forms.gle/VSW4rFMhPKdmkUid6

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: The deadline to pre-register to testify is 4:00 P.M. Thursday, September 9. 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.

DEADLINE TO REQUEST ADA ACCOMODATIONS: ADA accommodations, such as closed captioning and transcription services, shall be provided upon request. The services are provided by staff from the appropriate state agencies. Agency policies requires 2 business days to process any request for services. Therefore, the deadline to submit a request for ADA accommodations is 4:00 P.M. Thursday, September 9. Requests for services should be made by E-mail to the Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.

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 be submitted to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing via E-mail to the House and Senate Chairs at John.Lawn@mahouse.gov and Cindy.Friedman@masenate.gov as well as the Committee Director 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
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing	9/14/2021 11:00 AM	01:58:51

Primary Care & Behavioral Health Care, Patient Care Coordination 11:00am - 2:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1240	An Act to ensure MassHealth rate parity for behavioral health inpatient providers	Ruth B. Balser
H.1244	An Act relative to patient centered access to behavioral health services in accountable care organizations	Christine P. Barber
H.1245	An Act providing Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation programs and information	Christine P. Barber
H.1251	An Act to incentivize high-value care	Daniel Cahill
H.1263	An Act improving consumer choice in health care providers	Carolyn C. Dykema
H.1269	An Act relative to parity of treatment with substance abuse	Thomas A. Golden, Jr.
H.1289	An Act ensuring protections for physicians and hospitals that contract with Medicaid managed care organizations	David Paul Linsky
H.1291	An Act providing equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers	Elizabeth A. Malia
H.1293	An Act relative to accountable care organizations	Elizabeth A. Malia
H.1297	An Act relative to expanding equitable access to maternal postpartum care	Liz Miranda
H.1302	An Act relative to applied behavioral health clinic rates	James J. O'Day
H.1305	An Act allowing spouses as caregivers	Norman J. Orrall
H.1306	An Act relative to personal care attendant services	Kelly W. Pease
S.738	An Act protecting pregnant and postpartum patients	Joseph A. Boncore
S.769	An Act relative to collaborative care	Cindy F. Friedman
S.770	An Act relative to primary care for you	Cindy F. Friedman
S.776	An Act to require equitable access to behavioral health services for MassHealth consumers	John F. Keenan
S.780	An Act relative to accountable care	John F. Keenan
S.781	An Act relative to applied behavioral health clinic rates	John F. Keenan
S.792	An Act providing Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation programs	Jason M. Lewis
S.799	An Act relative to expanding equitable access to maternal postpartum care	Joan B. Lovely
S.806	An Act relative to patient centered access to behavioral health services in accountable care organizations	Michael O. Moore
S.817	An Act to ensure protections for physicians & hospitals that contract with Medicaid managed care organizations	Bruce E. Tarr
S.818	An Act relative to personal care attendant services	John C. Velis
S.820	An Act relative to reimbursement rates for mental health beds	John C. Velis

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

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