Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Monday, October 27, 2025

Start Time:

10:30 AM

Location:

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

***House matters listed above are required to be reported on by December 26, 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.

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

DEADLINE TO PRE-REGISTER: Persons planning to testify virtually must sign up no later than 5:00 p.m. on October 23, 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 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 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 - 10-27-2025	10/27/2025 10:30 AM	03:45:50

Health Insurance 10:30am - 4:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.1257	An Act relative to ensuring treatment for genetic craniofacial conditions	Paul McMurtry
S.712	An Act relative to ensuring treatment for genetic craniofacial conditions	Julian Cyr
H.1249	An Act relative to PANDAS/PANS screening in medical/clinical settings	Kate Lipper-Garabedian
S.805	An Act relative to PANDAS/PANS screening in medical/clinical settings	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.1198	An Act to improve patient access to non-emergency medical transportation	Daniel J. Hunt
S.746	An Act to improve patient access to non-emergency medical transportation	Paul R. Feeney
H.1261	An Act protecting patients from surprise bills related to emergency ambulance service	Paul McMurtry
S.799	An Act protecting patients from surprise bills related to emergency ambulance service	Michael O. Moore
H.1159	An Act relative to payments for use of ambulance services	Dennis C. Gallagher
H.1179	An Act increasing access to universal dental care	Carlos González
S.732	An Act increasing access to universal dental care	Lydia Edwards
H.1174	An Act to create direct dental care agreements	Homar Gómez
H.1292	An Act relative to financial services contracts for dental benefits corporations	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
S.807	An Act relative to dental insurance assignment of benefits	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.1306	An Act ensuring transparency in the practice of dental leased networks	Daniel J. Ryan
S.696	An Act ensuring transparency in the practice of dental leased networks	Brendan P. Crighton
H.1291	An Act further clarifying the delivery of health care	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
S.808	An Act relative to dental insurance consumer protections	Patrick M. O'Connor
H.1262	An Act relative to dental insurance	Paul McMurtry
S.676	An Act relative to dental Insurance	Michael D. Brady
H.1147	An Act relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements	Patricia A. Duffy
S.778	An Act relative to the sustainability of public health dental hygienists through adequate reimbursements	Jason M. Lewis
H.1149	An Act relative to requiring dental insurance to cover CBCT scans	Rodney M. Elliott
H.1290	An Act relative to dental insurance coverage of periodontal treatments	Angelo J. Puppolo, Jr.
H.1215	An Act to assess the current status of the merged market	Hannah Kane
H.1236	An Act directing the division of insurance to regularly report on the performance of the merged non-group and small-group health insurance markets	John J. Lawn, Jr.
H.1204	An Act establishing pregnancy as a qualifying event	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.
H.3986	An Act relative to addressing delayed patient discharges	Kip A. Diggs
H.4013	An Act to improve healthcare and reduce consumer costs	Carmine Lawrence Gentile
S.822	An Act expanding health insurance access for state employees	Rebecca L. Rausch
S.828	An Act relative to health purchasing cooperatives	Bruce E. Tarr
S.829	An Act relative to small group eligibility	Bruce E. Tarr

Present (16)

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)

Jacob R. Oliveira (SEN)

Bruce E. Tarr (SEN)

Christopher J. Worrell (HOU)

Hearing Conflicts (1)

Tram T. Nguyen (HOU)
*District event

	Document
	H1147 summary
	H1149 summary
	H1159 summary
	H1174 summary
	H1179 summary
	H1198 summary
	H1204 summary
	H1215 summary
	H1236 summary
	H1249 summary
	H1257 summary
	H1261 summary
	H1262 summary
	H1290 summary
	H1291 summary
	H1292 summary
	H1306 summary
	H3986 summary
	H4013 summary

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Financial Services

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