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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1232 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3584 |
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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 | | Vanna Howard and David M. Rogers |
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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 relative to requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient |
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| 13 | 13 | | substance abuse treatment. |
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| 14 | 14 | | _______________ |
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| 15 | 15 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 16 | 16 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Vanna Howard17th Middlesex1/10/2023David M. Rogers24th Middlesex1/19/2023Colleen M. Garry36th Middlesex1/18/2023James K. Hawkins2nd Bristol1/27/2023Michelle M. DuBois10th Plymouth2/7/2023Danillo A. Sena37th Middlesex2/17/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1232 FILED ON: 1/18/2023 |
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| 18 | 18 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 3584 |
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| 19 | 19 | | By Representatives Howard of Lowell and Rogers of Cambridge, a petition (accompanied by |
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| 20 | 20 | | bill, House, No. 3584) of Vanna Howard, David M. Rogers and others that insurance providers |
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| 21 | 21 | | cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient substance abuse treatment. Financial Services. |
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| 22 | 22 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 23 | 23 | | _______________ |
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| 24 | 24 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act relative to requiring insurance providers cover a minimum of 30 days for in-patient |
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| 28 | 28 | | substance abuse treatment. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 17N of chapter 32A of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 23, the figure “14” and inserting in |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3place thereof the following figure:- 30. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 SECTION 2. Section 10H of chapter 118E of the General Laws, as so appearing, is |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5hereby amended by striking out, in line 46, the figure “14” and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6following figure:- 30. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7 SECTION 3. Section 47GG of chapter 175 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8hereby amended by striking out, in line 24, the figure “14” and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9following figure:- 30. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 SECTION 4. Section 8II of chapter 176A of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11amended by striking out, in line 23, the figure “14” and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12figure:- 30. |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13 SECTION 5. Section 4II of chapter 176B of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14amended by striking out, in line 23, the figure “14” and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15figure:- 30. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 SECTION 6. Section 4AA of chapter 176G of the General Laws, as so appearing, is |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17hereby amended by striking out, in line 22, the figure “14” and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18following figure:- 30. |
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