Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, January 15, 2026

Start Time:

11:00 AM

Location:

A-1 and Virtual

Event Description

Late-Referred Bills

This hearing will be chaired by House Chair John Lawn.

Questions regarding hearing logistics, or on House bills should be directed to House Chair Lawn’s office by contacting Bridgette Maynard at Bridgette.Maynard@mahouse.gov or via telephone at (617) 722-2430.

Questions regarding Senate bills should be directed to Senate Chair Friedman’s office by contacting Rachel Ellis at Rachel.Ellis@masenate.gov, or via telephone at (617) 722-1432.

The public is invited to participate in the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing hearing on Thursday, January 15, 2026 at 11:00 A.M.The hearing 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.

*REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR IN-PERSON OR REMOTE TESTIMONY*

PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE AND REGISTRATION FORM: For both in-person and remote testimony, please complete this registration FORM by 5:00 P.M. on Monday, January 12, 2026. Upon completion of the form, individuals testifying in person or remotely will receive a confirmation email acknowledging receipt from the committee. Individuals registered to testify remotely will receive an additional email 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 Bridgette.Maynard@mahouse.gov.

SAME-DAY SIGN-UP FOR IN-PERSON TESTIMONY: Individuals who miss the deadline to pre-register to testify may appear on the day of the hearing and sign up to testify 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 call individuals who sign up on the day of the hearing. Individuals who wish to testify remotely will not have the option of same-day registration and can only sign up via the pre-registration form.

ORAL TESTIMONY – TIME LIMIT: Oral testimony is limited to three (3) minutes per speaker.

PANELS: For individuals participating as a panel, each member of the panel must fill-out the pre-registration form separately and completely. The Chairs will permit hybrid panels in which some individuals on the panel will testify in-person and others will testify remotely. Questions regarding panel registration and participation should be directed to Erika Nugiel at Erika.Nugiel@mahouse.gov.

LEGISLATOR AND PUBLIC OFFICIAL TESTIMONY: Legislators and public officials are required to pre-register to testify. At the discretion of the presiding Chair, legislators and public officials may be taken out of turn.

WRITTEN TESTIMONY – DO NOT SUBMIT PRE-REGISTRATION FORM: Written testimony will be accepted on any bill up until such bill is acted upon by the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing. Registration is not required to submit written testimony. Questions regarding the submission of written testimony may be directed to Erika Nugiel, Erika.Nugiel@mahouse.gov and Rachel Ellis, Rachel.Ellis@masenate.gov.

Written testimony may be submitted electronically via email to the following:

• House Chair: John.Lawn@mahouse.gov

• House Staff: Erika.Nugiel@mahouse.gov

• Senate Chair: Cindy.Friedman@masenate.gov

• Senate Staff: Rachel.Ellis@masenate.gov

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

CHAIR JOHN LAWN

JOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE FINANCING

ATTN: ERIKA NUGIEL

24 BEACON STREET, ROOM 236

BOSTON, MA 02133 CHAIR

CINDY FRIEDMAN

JOINT COMMITTEE ON HEALTH CARE FINANCING

ATTN: RACHEL ELLIS

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.

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 Carl Richardson, State House ADA Coordinator, at Carl.Richardson@mass.gov and cc: Erika Nugiel at Erika.Nugiel@mahouse.gov.

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Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Joint Committee on Health Care Financing - 1-15-2025	1/15/2026 11:00 AM	01:00:26

Late-Referred Bills 11:00am - 1:00pm

Bill	Bill Title	Sponsor
H.4353	An Act relative to applied behavioral analysis reimbursement rates	Christine P. Barber
H.4425	An Act relative to Medicare coverage of end-stage renal disease	Thomas M. Stanley
H.4453	An Act to establish an exemption for personal vehicle value from the MassHealth asset limit	Adam J. Scanlon
H.4623	An Act increasing access to ABA services by recognizing assistant level providers	Sean Garballey
H.4770	An Act relative to a CHIA analysis of co-pays for mental and behavioral health services	Adam J. Scanlon
S.2587	An Act relative applied behavioral analysis reimbursement rates	Michael O. Moore
S.2737	An Act relative to Medicare coverage of end-stage renal disease	Adam Gómez

Present (17)

Cindy F. Friedman (SEN)

John J. Lawn, Jr. (HOU)

Julian Cyr (SEN)

Kip A. Diggs (HOU)

Kelly A. Dooner (SEN)

Paul R. Feeney (SEN)

Paul K. Frost (HOU)

Judith A. Garcia (HOU)

Hannah Kane (HOU)

Meghan K. Kilcoyne (HOU)

Christopher M. Markey (HOU)

John Francis Moran (HOU)

David K. Muradian, Jr. (HOU)

Lindsay N. Sabadosa (HOU)

Dawne Shand (HOU)

Chynah Tyler (HOU)

Tommy Vitolo (HOU)

Hearing Conflicts (3)

John J. Cronin (SEN)
*Another committee hearing

William J. Driscoll, Jr. (SEN)
*Another committee hearing

Pavel M. Payano (SEN)
*Another committee hearing

	Document
	H4353 Bill Summary
	H4425 Bill Summary
	H4453 Bill Summary
	H4623 Bill Summary
	H4770 Bill Summary

Hearing DetailsJoint Committee on Health Care Financing

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