Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, November 9, 2021

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

Virtual Hearing

Event Description

Miscellaneous Matters

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/C4W1vsmZXsDyBZzi8

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: The deadline to pre-register to testify is 4:00 P.M. Thursday, November 4, 2021. 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. Wednesday, November 3, 2021. 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 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 - 11-09-2021	11/9/2021 11:00 AM	01:05:31

Miscellaneous Matters 11:00am - 3:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.201	An Act advancing health care research and decision-making centered on patients and people with disabilities	Marjorie C. Decker
H.1241	An Act making technical changes to the Betsy Lehman Center for patient safety and medical error reduction enabling statute	Ruth B. Balser
H.1256	An Act relative to preventing discrimination against persons with disabilities in the provision of health care	Josh S. Cutler
H.1296	An Act relative to state funding of certain nonprofits	Joseph D. McKenna
H.1312	An Act to promote public health through the Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund	Jon Santiago
H.1315	Resolve providing for an investigation and study by a special commission relative to chronic disease care self-management	Todd M. Smola
S.745	An Act relative to preventing discrimination against persons with disabilities in the provision of health care	Sonia Chang-Diaz
S.751	An Act making technical changes to the Betsy Lehman Center for patient safety and medical error reduction enabling statute	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.753	An Act advancing health care research and decision-making centered on patients and people with disabilities	Brendan P. Crighton
S.767	An Act relative to fiduciary responsibility	Ryan C. Fattman
S.791	An Act to promote public health through the prevention and wellness trust fund	Jason M. Lewis
S.797	An Act relative to premium impact statements	Joan B. Lovely
S.798	An Act relative to racial and ethnic equity impact testimony on health care	Joan B. Lovely
S.810	An Act to clarify and enhance privacy protections for electronic health records	Marc R. Pacheco
S.813	An Act relative to health care non-discrimination	Michael F. Rush

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

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