Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Start Time:

10:00 AM

Location:

Gardner Auditorium and Virtual

Event Description

Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and MassHealth I – Children; Enrollees who are Disabled; Related Services and Providers

The Joint Committee on Health Care Financing will conduct a hybrid public hearing to solicit written and oral testimony on bills related to the Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) and MassHealth I – Children; Enrollees who are Disabled; Related Services and Providers.

This hearing will be chaired by House Chair Lawn and will include the matters listed. Please be advised that all House matters being considered are required to be reported on by August 30, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the agreement of the Chairs.

Questions regarding hearing logistics or on House bills on the docket should be directed to House Chair Lawn’s office by contacting Keith MacFarland at keith.macfarland@mahouse.gov, or via telephone at (617) 722-2430. Questions regarding Senate bills on the docket should be directed to Senate Chair Friedman’s office by contacting Adelina Huo via email at Adelina.Huo@masenate.gov, or via telephone at (617) 722-1432.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be streamed live on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/. Hearings will be recorded and posted publicly, archived on the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing webpage, for the duration of the 194th Legislative Session. The webpage can be found here: https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J24/Hearings.

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

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

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: For both in-person and remote testimony, the deadline to register to testify is 5:00 P.M. Friday, June 27, 2025. Upon completion of the testimony sign-up form, both individuals testifying in-person and remotely will receive a confirmation email acknowledging receipt from the committee. Individuals registered for remote testimony will receive an e-mail prior to the start of the hearing with a link to join the hearing on Microsoft Teams. If any registration questions arise after the deadline, please email Timothy.Oneill@mahouse.gov.

SAME DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY: 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. When all pre-registered individuals have been called to testify, the presiding Chair will then call any individuals who sign-up on the day of the hearing.

LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL TESTIMONY: Legislators and public officials are also required to pre-register to testify. The presiding Chair, 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 presiding Chair, 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 presiding Chair 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 FORM: For individuals wishing to provide written testimony ONLY, please do not fill out the above form. The deadline for the submission of written testimony is August 22, 2025, at 5:00 P.M. Written testimony may be submitted electronically via e-mail to the following:

House Chair: John.Lawn@mahouse.gov
House Staff: Keith.Macfarland@mahouse.gov
Senate Chair: Cindy.Friedman@masenate.gov
Senate Staff: Adelina.Huo@masenate.gov

Written testimony may be physically mailed to the House and Senate Chairs at the below addresses:

CHAIR JOHN LAWN

JOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE FINANCING

ATTN: KEITH MACFARLAND

24 BEACON STREET, ROOM 236

BOSTON MA, 02133

CHAIR CINDY FRIEDMAN

JOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE FINANCING

ATTN: ADELINA HUO

24 BEACON STREET, ROOM 313

BOSTON MA, 02133

At the discretion of the Chairs and per committee rules, written testimony received by the committee will be made publicly available. The committee may limit or redact testimony that includes sensitive personal information or information that may jeopardize the health, wellness or safety of the testifier or others.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The presiding Chair, 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 Chair. In the event that an individual is called by the Chair and that person is not logged into the Teams platform, the Chair will move on and call the next individual or panel.

ACCESSIBILITY ACCOMMODATIONS: The committee will work to coordinate reasonable accommodations required to ensure that people with disabilities are able to participate fully in the hearing process. Timely requests for accessibility accommodations, such as assistive listening devices and systems, sign language interpreting services, closed captioning and transcription services, will be provided upon request. Requests for services should be submitted by completing the state house accessibility form, https://malegislature.gov/StateHouse/AccessibilityForm/. If you have any questions regarding a submitted request for accessibility accommodations, please email Keith MacFarland at keith.macfarland@mahouse.gov.

PLEASE NOTE there are TWO JOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE FINANCING hearings on Tuesday, July 1, 2025. Both hearings will be chaired by House Chair Lawn and will be segmented by legislative topics.

Matters listed are a part of the morning hearing, scheduled for 10:00 AM to 12:30 PM in Gardner Auditorium and virtual, with the committee considering bills on EOHHS and MassHealth I (children, enrollees who are disabled, and related services and providers).

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing	7/1/2025 10:00 AM	02:05:57

EOHHS and MassHealth I – Children; Enrollees who are Disabled; Related Services and Providers 10:00am - 12:15pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.767	An Act clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
H.1351	An Act ensuring equal access to medical treatments essential for people with a developmental disability, intellectual disability, or autism	Christine P. Barber
H.1365	An Act relative to changing Mass Health estate recoup for people with disabilities beyond age 55	Christopher Richard Flanagan
H.1366	An Act to protect medically fragile children	Sean Garballey
H.1371	An Act to support equal access to community care for elders and persons with disabilities	Natalie M. Higgins
H.1379	An Act exempting medications used for the treatment of opioid use disorder from the prior approval process under the Massachusetts Medicaid program	Michael P. Kushmerek
H.1391	An Act relative to personal care management hours	Paul McMurtry
H.1394	An Act relative to family members serving as caregivers	James J. O'Day
H.1406	An Act to improve continuity of care for MassHealth members with chronic conditions	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
S.841	An Act to support equal access to community care for elders and persons with disabilities	Joanne M. Comerford
S.844	An Act to improve continuity of care for MassHealth members with chronic conditions	Brendan P. Crighton
S.856	An Act ensuring access and continuity of care to specialist and hospital services for dually eligible individuals	Sal N. DiDomenico
S.862	An Act relative to MassHealth reimbursement for schools	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.866	An Act to protect medically fragile children	Cindy F. Friedman
S.870	An Act clarifying rate setting processes for home health and home care services	Patricia D. Jehlen
S.871	An Act ensuring equal access to medical treatments essential for people with a developmental disability, intellectual disability, or autism	John F. Keenan
S.886	An Act relative to family members serving as caregivers	Joan B. Lovely
S.913	An Act to stabilize adult day health services	Bruce E. Tarr
S.914	An Act relative to spouses as caregivers	Bruce E. Tarr

	Document
	H767 Bill Summary - Gentile
	H1351 Bill Summary - Barber
	H1365 Bill Summary - Flanagan
	H1366 Bill Summary - Garballey
	H1371 Bill Summary - Higgins
	H1379 Bill Summary - Kushmerek
	H1391 Bill Summary - McMurtry
	H1394 Bill Summary - O'Day
	H1406 Bill Summary - Sabadosa

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

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