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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1576 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 687 |
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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 | | Michael O. Moore |
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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 small business health insurance incentives. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael O. MooreSecond Worcester 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1576 FILED ON: 1/19/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 687 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 687) of Michael O. Moore for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to small business health insurance incentives. Financial Services. |
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| 20 | 20 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 21 | 21 | | _______________ |
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| 22 | 22 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to small business health insurance incentives. |
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| 26 | 26 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 27 | 27 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | 1 SECTION 1: Chapter 176J of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended after section 13 by inserting the following new section:- |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3 Section 13A. The annual rewards or other incentives authorized by section 13(d) of this |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4chapter may also be based upon increased efficiencies in a carrier’s administration of health |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5plans offered through the cooperative resulting from the group purchase of said plans, or upon |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6the use of transparency tools by the cooperative to control healthcare costs for members or to |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7educate members regarding proper utilization. |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 SECTION 2: Section 3 of said chapter 176J of the General Laws, as so appearing, is |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9hereby amended after paragraph (d) by inserting the following new paragraph:- |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 (e) Notwithstanding this chapter or any other general or special law to the contrary, a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11carrier may annually offer small groups a reward or other incentive designed to promote job |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12growth and job retention among small businesses. The amount of such rewards shall be 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13determined by the carrier based upon differences in the cost of administering a plan due to the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14size of the small group. Any reward established pursuant to this subsection shall be submitted to |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15the commissioner for informational purposes prior to the payment of any such reward. The |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16requirements to qualify for such reward shall be applied equally and consistently to all small |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17group purchasers, treating all similarly situated purchasers that have qualified for the reward in |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18the same manner. |
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