Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Wednesday, October 8, 2025

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Location:

Gardner Auditorium and Virtual

Event Description

Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits

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.

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

***House matters listed on the agenda are required to be reported on by December 7, 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 October 3, 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 -- 10-8-2025	10/8/2025 10:30 AM	03:09:58

Health Insurance - Mandated Benefits 10:30am - 2:30pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1115	An Act requiring full health insurance coverage for individuals with vitiligo	Rob Consalvo
H.1137	An Act to strengthen the control of contagious and infectious diseases in the Commonwealth	Mindy Domb
H.1164	An Act to improve child and adolescent mental health services	Sean Garballey
H.1165	An Act providing for certain health insurance coverage	Sean Garballey
H.1171	An Act concerning the safety of autistic and alzheimer individuals	Colleen M. Garry
H.1172	An Act relative to insurance coverage for new treatment	John R. Gaskey
H.1173	An Act to facilitate timely access to quality health care by expanding access to patient navigation	Jessica Ann Giannino
H.1187	An Act relative to increasing consumer access to licensed rehabilitation counselors	James K. Hawkins
H.1206	An Act relative to epinephrine injectors	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.1224	An Act providing insurance coverage for biennial echocardiograms for persons under the age of 18	Sally P. Kerans
H.1253	An Act relative to insurance coverage for certain surgeries	Marc T. Lombardo
H.1254	An Act relative to the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder	John J. Mahoney
H.1268	An Act supporting maternal and pediatric health	John Francis Moran
H.1287	An Act relative to the treatment of infantile cataracts	Edward R. Philips
H.1323	An Act relative to insurance coverage for individuals with autism	Alan Silvia
H.1341	An Act relative to insurance coverage for medically necessary tattoos	Marcus S. Vaughn
H.1342	An Act relative to parental choice for medically fragile students	Tommy Vitolo
H.1359	An Act relative to capping the price of epinephrine	Marjorie C. Decker
S.683	An Act relative to special education health care costs	Cynthia Stone Creem
S.691	An Act ensuring access to healthcare and medically necessary food for children	Brendan P. Crighton
S.692	An Act to facilitate timely access to quality health care by expanding access to patient navigation	Brendan P. Crighton
S.714	An Act to strengthen the control of contagious and infectious diseases in the Commonwealth	Julian Cyr
S.754	An Act relative to the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder	Dylan A. Fernandes
S.791	An Act relative to nature as a prescription	Liz Miranda
S.792	An Act relative to increasing consumer access to licensed rehabilitation counselors	Mark C. Montigny
S.803	An Act ensuring access to executive physical exams	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.817	An Act to ensure access to epinephrine for minors	Jacob R. Oliveira
S.2599	An Act providing insurance coverage for the medically necessary treatment of port-wine stains	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.2600	An Act requiring health insurance coverage for scalp cooling systems	Michael F. Rush

Present (17)

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)

Ryan M. Hamilton (HOU)

Steven S. Howitt (HOU)

Sally P. Kerans (HOU)

Kate Lipper-Garabedian (HOU)

William F. MacGregor (HOU)

Michael O. Moore (SEN)

Tram T. Nguyen (HOU)

Jacob R. Oliveira (SEN)

Bruce E. Tarr (SEN)

Christopher J. Worrell (HOU)

	Document
	H1115 summary
	H1137 summary
	H1164 summary
	H1165 summary
	H1171 summary
	H1172 summary
	H1173 summary
	H1187 summary
	H1206 summary
	H1224 summary
	H1253 summary
	H1254 summary
	H1268 summary
	H1287 summary
	H1323 summary
	H1341 summary
	H1342 summary
	H1359 summary

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

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