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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 248 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 773 |
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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 | | Joan B. Lovely |
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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 premium impact statements. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Joan B. LovelySecond Essex 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 248 FILED ON: 1/12/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 773 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Lovely, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 773) of Joan B. Lovely for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation relative to premium impact statements. Health Care Financing. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 797 OF 2021-2022.] |
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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 premium impact statements. |
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| 28 | 28 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 29 | 29 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 30 | 30 | | 1 SECTION 1. Prior to the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any healthcare or health |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2insurance related regulation, an agency must file with the secretary of state’s office a public |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3notice of the proposed action and include a premium impact statement. In the statement, the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4agency must consider the impact the proposed action will or will not have on health insurance |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5premium rates in Massachusetts. The agency must afford the public an opportunity to present |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6data, views, or arguments related to the impact statement, and prior to adopting the proposed |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7regulation, the agency must file an amended premium impact statement with the secretary of |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8state’s office. |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9 SECTION 2. Any joint committee, house committee or senate committee may report |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10favorably any bill or petition relative to health care or health insurance so long as that bill or 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11petition shall have first received a premium impact statement conducted by the center for health |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12information and analysis. Any joint committee, house committee or senate committee shall refer |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13all healthcare and health insurance related bills or petitions to an accompanied study order |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14pending a final report by the center for health information and analysis pursuant to this section. |
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