Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual
B-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Health Insurance Matters - Pharmacy, Contracting, Reform

The Joint Committee on Financial Services will hold a public hearing on the health insurance matters listed on the Agenda.

*Please be advised that the agenda and docket of bills to be heard may be amended upon agreement of the Chairs no less than 72 hours from the time of such hearing pursuant to Joint Rule 1D.

**All Senate matters listed on the agenda are required to be reported on by December 3, 2025, pursuant to Joint Rule 10.

***All House matters listed on the agenda are required to be reported on by November 30, 2025, subject to extensions consistent with House Rule 27.

The public is invited to participate in this hybrid hearing, which will be livestreamed on the General Court website, https://malegislature.gov/.

The hearing will be recorded and archived on the Joint Committee on Financial Services webpage for the duration of the 194th legislative session at, https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/J11/Hearings.

***INSTRUCTIONS FOR REGISTRATION / TESTIMONY***

Persons who wish to testify in person or virtually or submit written testimony may do so by completing this form linked here, Registration Form

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: Persons planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 26, 2025. Individuals and groups testifying in person are strongly encouraged to register using the form above prior to the deadline. Registration by the deadline is required for those who wish to testify virtually during the live hearing and encouraged for those who wish to testify in person. Please indicate whether you plan to testify in person or virtually. A Microsoft Teams invitation to the hearing will be emailed after the registration deadline closes, shortly before the hearing. Please be aware that even those who register to testify in person will be emailed a Teams link to participate virtually as a backup option.

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 signed up on the day of the hearing.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY: If you would like to provide written testimony, please include the bill number in the subject line of the email, as well as your name, address, phone number, and organization, if any, on the submitted testimony. Written testimony is encouraged and will continue to be accepted after the hearing until the relevant bill is acted upon. The Committee requests that written testimony may be submitted to the Joint Committee on Financial Services by emailing jointcmte-financialservices@malegislature.gov Please include "Financial Services Committee Testimony, [Relevant Bill Number]" in the subject line of the email. Those who plan to submit only written testimony may do so before or after the signup deadline.

The most secure method to submit testimony is through The Committee’s email address above. In the alternative, written testimony may be submitted to the Committee at: State House, Joint Committee on Financial Services, Room 254, 24 Beacon Street, Boston, MA. 02133. Please use only one method to submit your testimony and please submit no more than once.

Please be advised that all written testimony submitted will be read by Committee Members and staff and may be made publicly available at the discretion of the Chairs. Do not submit any personal information you do not wish to disclose publicly.

ORDER OF TESTIMONY: The Chairs, at their discretion, will determine the order of testimony during 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 unavailable to testify, the Chairs will move on and call the next individual or panel. The Chairs will limit testimony to 3 minutes per speaker.

If you have any questions, you may email lisa.pellegrino@mahouse.gov, from Chair Murphy’s office or Shane Correale shane.correale@masenate.gov from Chair Feeney’s office.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Financial Services - 10-1-2025	10/1/2025 10:30 AM	00:32:44

Health Insurance - Pharmacy, Contracting, Reform 10:30am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.774	An Act relative to prescription medication transfer and availability	Michael P. Kushmerek
H.1080	An Act relative to copay assistance	Brian M. Ashe
H.1132	An Act relative to external reviews and patient protection	Marjorie C. Decker
H.1181	An Act to redirect excessive health insurer reserves to support health care safety net programs	Danielle W. Gregoire
H.1185	An Act relative to health savings accounts	Ryan M. Hamilton
H.1202	An Act establishing a commission to study maximum allowable costs lists	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1203	An Act relative to pharmaceutical gag clauses	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1205	An Act establishing a commission to study the promotion of preferred pharmacy networks	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1212	An Act relative to emergency insulin access	Hannah Kane
H.1235	An Act updating the mandated benefit review process	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1237	An Act to further enhance rate review examinations conducted by the health care access bureau within the division of insurance	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1238	An Act establishing a division of health insurance	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1240	An Act relative to insulin access	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.1246	An Act establishing a public health option	Jack Patrick Lewis
H.1298	An Act to increase enrollment in affordable health plan networks	David Allen Robertson
H.1299	An Act to increase enrollment in affordable health plan networks	David Allen Robertson
H.1313	An Act relating to patient choice in dispensing of clinician-administered drugs	Lindsay N. Sabadosa
H.1318	An Act allowing for increased investment in health care providers	Aaron L. Saunders
H.4181	An Act ensuring pharmacy access	Colleen M. Garry
S.728	An Act relative to step therapy and in vitro fertilization insurance coverage	William J. Driscoll, Jr.
S.738	An Act providing for a medical exemption for manufacturer coupons	Ryan C. Fattman
S.759	An Act redirecting excessive health insurer reserves to support health care safety net programs	Barry R. Finegold
S.775	An Act to increase enrollment in affordable health plan networks	Edward J. Kennedy
S.798	An Act relative to small business health insurance incentives	Michael O. Moore

Present (14)

Paul R. Feeney (SEN)

James M. Murphy (HOU)

David Biele (HOU)

Simon Cataldo (HOU)

Michael S. Chaisson (HOU)

William J. Driscoll, Jr. (SEN)

Adam Gómez (SEN)

Steven S. Howitt (HOU)

Sally P. Kerans (HOU)

Kate Lipper-Garabedian (HOU)

William F. MacGregor (HOU)

Michael O. Moore (SEN)

Jacob R. Oliveira (SEN)

Christopher J. Worrell (HOU)

Absent (1)

Bruce E. Tarr (SEN) *

Hearing Conflicts (2)

Ryan M. Hamilton (HOU)
*District Event

Tram T. Nguyen (HOU)
*District Event

	Document
	H774 summary
	H1080 summary
	H1132 summary
	H1181 summary
	H1185 summary
	H1202 summary
	H1203 summary
	H1205 summary
	H1212 summary
	H1235 summary
	H1237 summary
	H1238 summary
	H1240 summary
	H1246 summary
	H1298 summary
	H1299 summary
	H1313 summary
	H1318 summary
	H4181 summary

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