Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Location:

Gardner Auditorium and Virtual

Event Description

MassHealth – Child Health, Home Care Services

The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will conduct a hybrid public hearing on Tuesday, July 25, 2023, from 10:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. in Gardner Auditorium on bills relating to MassHealth Child Health, Home Care Services. This hearing will be streamed live and archived under the Hearings & Events section of the legislative website.

LINK TO PRE-REGISTER TO TESTIFY: For both in-person and remote testimony, please fill out this FORM.

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: For both in-person and remote testimony, the deadline to register to testify is 4:00 P.M. Thursday, July 20, 2023. Individuals registered for remote testimony will receive an e-mail the day after pre-registration closes with a link to join the hearing on Microsoft Teams.

SAME DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY ONLY – IF TIME ALLOWS: Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register for testimony may appear on the day of the hearing and sign-up to speak in-person on forms provided by committee staff outside of the hearing room. Time permitting, when all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the Chairs will then call any individuals who sign-up on the day of the hearing.

LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL TESTIMONY: Due to the technical requirements of conducting hybrid hearings, legislators and public officials are also requested to pre-register to testify. 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 it will not be expanded to include other individuals or panels.

ORAL TESTIMONY – TIME LIMIT: Each individual registered to testify shall be afforded 3 minutes to speak. Individuals offering testimony on multiple bills must do so within the 3 minute time limit. The Chairs, at their discretion, may further limit the time for testimony.

ORAL TESTIMONY – PARTICIPATING AS A PANEL: Individuals participating as part of a panel must fill-out the appropriate section of the pre-registration form. Please have each member of the panel fill out the pre-registration form separately and completely. The Chairs will permit either fully in-person panels or fully-remote panels only. Questions related to the registration of panels should be directed to the Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY – DO NOT FILL OUT THIS FORM: For individuals wishing to provide written testimony ONLY, please do not fill out this form. There is no deadline on the submission of written testimony. Written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing via E-mail to House Chair at John.Lawn@mahouse.gov and Senate Chair Cindy.Friedman@masenate.gov, as well as the Committee Director at timothy.oneill@mahouse.gov.

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 registered 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.

DEADLINE TO REQUEST ADA ACCOMMODATIONS: 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 require 3 business days to process any request for services. Requests for services should be submitted through the link below:

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing Hearing	7/25/2023 10:00 AM	02:59:38

MassHealth – Child Health, Home Care Services 10:00am - 3:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1192	An Act to protect medically fragile children	Denise C. Garlick
H.1194	Resolve relative to the reimbursement of school-based care	Denise C. Garlick
H.1195	An Act clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.1214	An Act to promote continuity of health coverage for children	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1233	Resolve to establish a special commission to evaluate the rate structure for rest homes or residential care homes	James J. O'Day
H.1237	An Act to ensure equitable health coverage for children	David M. Rogers
S.740	An Act to ensure equitable health coverage for children	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.748	An Act to protect medically fragile children	Cindy F. Friedman
S.752	Resolve to establish a special commission to evaluate the rate structure for rest homes or residential care homes	Anne M. Gobi
S.755	An Act clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.774	An Act relative to the continuous skilled nursing program	Joan B. Lovely
S.793	Resolve establishing a task force on MassHealth reimbursement for schools	Susan L. Moran
S.794	An Act relative to MassHealth reimbursement for schools	Susan L. Moran

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

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