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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1354 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 723
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Nick Collins
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To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act relative to hospital bad debts, claim denials and prompt payments.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Nick CollinsFirst Suffolk 1 of 1
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1354 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 723
By Mr. Collins, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 723) of Nick Collins for legislation
relative to hospital bad debts, claim denials and prompt payments. Health Care Financing.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court
(2023-2024)
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An Act relative to hospital bad debts, claim denials and prompt payments.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Section 8(a) of Chapter 12C of the General Laws is amended by adding the following
2sentence after the first sentence thereof:
3 The center shall collect from each hospital its annual bad debt in total and broken down
4by the payer that insured the patient (including all commercial payers, government payers, and
5bad debt arising from services rendered to self-pay / uninsured patients); the claim denial rate by
6each commercial and government payer along with the annual dollar value of denied claims by
7payer; and an aged accounts receivable report by payer, and the center shall publish an annual
8report disclosing such data by hospital.