Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Tuesday, October 14, 2025

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

The Joint Committee on Financial Services will hold a public hearing on the following health insurance matters:

*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 above are required to be reported on by December 3, 2025, pursuant to Joint Rule 10.

***All House matters above are required to be reported on by December 13, 2025, pursuant to 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.

https://forms.office.com/g/D2ZLXa2Lym

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: Persons planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 10, 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 - 10-14-2025	10/14/2025 10:30 AM	02:51:26

Health Insurance 10:30am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1188	An Act relative to trans-inclusive health care access	Natalie M. Higgins
S.681	An Act relative to trans-inclusive health care access	Joanne M. Comerford
H.1241	An Act relative to fair access for qualifying patients	David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf
H.1300	An Act relative to cannabis for Medicare eligible patients	David M. Rogers
H.1117	An Act promoting and enhancing the sustainability of birth centers and the midwifery workforce	Manny Cruz
S.784	An Act promoting and enhancing the sustainability of birth centers and the midwifery workforce	Joan B. Lovely
H.1333	An Act to expand the doula workforce	Chynah Tyler
H.1096	An Act relative to rate equity for community health centers	Natalie M. Blais
S.711	An Act relative to rate equity for community health centers	Julian Cyr
H.1141	An Act increasing access to acute hospital at home services	Daniel M. Donahue
S.806	An Act increasing access to acute hospital at home services	Patrick M. O'Connor
S.814	An Act relative to health insurance coverage notification	Jacob R. Oliveira
H.1138	An Act to increase health insurer reporting transparency	Mindy Domb
S.782	An Act to increase health insurer reporting transparency	Joan B. Lovely
H.1130	An Act relative to telehealth and digital equity for patients	Marjorie C. Decker
S.763	An Act relative to telehealth and digital equity for patients	Adam Gómez
H.1218	An Act relative to access to health care	Patrick Joseph Kearney
H.1343	An Act relative to direct primary care	Thomas P. Walsh
H.1192	An Act for health care non-discrimination	Kevin G. Honan
H.1267	An Act relative to unilateral contract changes	Frank A. Moran
S.699	An Act relative to unilateral contract changes	Brendan P. Crighton
S.713	An Act relative to adequate notice for health insurance modifications	Julian Cyr
S.793	An Act to save lives by preventing unscrupulous medical referral restrictions by profit-driven health care networks	Mark C. Montigny

Present (15)

Paul R. Feeney (SEN)

James M. Murphy (HOU)

David Biele (HOU)

Simon Cataldo (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)

Tram T. Nguyen (HOU)

Jacob R. Oliveira (SEN)

Bruce E. Tarr (SEN)

Christopher J. Worrell (HOU)

Hearing Conflicts (2)

Michael S. Chaisson (HOU)
*Airport travel delay

Ryan M. Hamilton (HOU)
*Illness

	Document
	H1096 summary
	H1117 summary
	H1130 summary
	H1138 summary
	H1141 summary
	H1188 summary
	H1192 summary
	H1218 summary
	H1241 summary
	H1267 summary
	H1300 summary
	H1333 summary
	H1343 summary

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

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