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| 2 | 2 | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2082 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 | |
| 3 | 3 | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1228 | |
| 4 | 4 | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts | |
| 5 | 5 | _________________ | |
| 6 | 6 | PRESENTED BY: | |
| 7 | 7 | Frank A. Moran | |
| 8 | 8 | _________________ | |
| 9 | 9 | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General | |
| 10 | 10 | Court assembled: | |
| 11 | 11 | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: | |
| 12 | 12 | An Act to prohibit inappropriate use of the state health care cost benchmark. | |
| 13 | 13 | _______________ | |
| 14 | 14 | PETITION OF: | |
| 15 | 15 | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Frank A. Moran17th Essex1/19/2023Estela A. Reyes4th Essex2/8/2023 1 of 1 | |
| 16 | 16 | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 2082 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 | |
| 17 | 17 | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1228 | |
| 18 | 18 | By Representative Moran of Lawrence, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1228) of | |
| 19 | 19 | Frank A. Moran and Estela A. Reyes relative to the ability of the healthcare providers to | |
| 20 | 20 | negotiate rate increases with carriers. Health Care Financing. | |
| 21 | 21 | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts | |
| 22 | 22 | _______________ | |
| 23 | 23 | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court | |
| 24 | 24 | (2023-2024) | |
| 25 | 25 | _______________ | |
| 26 | 26 | An Act to prohibit inappropriate use of the state health care cost benchmark. | |
| 27 | 27 | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority | |
| 28 | 28 | of the same, as follows: | |
| 29 | 29 | 1 SECTION 1: | |
| 30 | 30 | 2 Section 9A of chapter 176O is hereby amended by adding the following: | |
| 31 | 31 | 3 (f) limits the ability of the health care provider to negotiate a rate increase with a carrier | |
| 32 | 32 | 4that exceeds the healthcare cost growth benchmark as established in Chapter 6D of section 9 of | |
| 33 | 33 | 5the general laws. |