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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2507 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1225 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Samantha Montaño |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act providing access to patient protection services for MassHealth consumers. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Samantha Montaño15th Suffolk1/18/2023 1 of 1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2507 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1225 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Montaño of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1225) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Samantha Montaño relative to access to patient protection services for MassHealth consumers. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Health Care Financing. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act providing access to patient protection services for MassHealth consumers. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 47 of Chapter 118E of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by adding after the third paragraph the following new |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3paragraph:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 Notwithstanding the provision of any general or special law to the contrary, every person |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5covered by the division of medical assistance, its contracted health plans, health maintenance |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6organizations, behavioral health management firms, and third-party administrators under contract |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7to a medicaid managed care organization or primary care clinician plan shall have access to the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8standards and procedures established under sections 12, 13, and 14 of chapter 176O. Such |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9standards shall be administered and enforced by the office of patient protection established by |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10section 16 of chapter 6D. The executive office of health and human services and the division of |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11medical assistance shall request waivers from any federal laws or regulations that impede the |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12effective implementation of this act. |
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