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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1490 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 788
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Michael O. Moore
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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 to prohibit inappropriate use of the health care cost growth benchmark.
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PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Michael O. MooreSecond Worcester 1 of 1
SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1490 FILED ON: 1/19/2023
SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 788
By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 788) of Michael O. Moore for
legislation to prohibit inappropriate use of the health care cost growth benchmark. 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 to prohibit inappropriate use of the health care cost growth benchmark.
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 9A of chapter 176O of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 Official
2Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (e), in line 32, the following clause:-
3 (f) limits the ability of the health care provider to negotiate a rate increase with a carrier
4that exceeds the health care cost growth benchmark as established in Chapter 6D of section 9 of
5the general laws.