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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 83 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 804 |
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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 | | Bruce E. Tarr |
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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 to strengthen the management of the health care connector. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :Bruce E. TarrFirst Essex and Middlesex 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 83 FILED ON: 1/10/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 804 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 804) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to |
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| 19 | 19 | | strengthen the management of the health care connector. Health Care Financing. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 720 OF 2019-2020.] |
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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 to strengthen the management of the health care connector. |
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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. Section 2 of Chapter 176Q of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2striking subsection (b) in its entirety and replacing it with the following:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 (b) There shall be a board, with duties and powers established by this chapter, which shall |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4govern the connector. The connector board shall consist of 13 members: the secretary for |
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| 34 | 34 | | 5administration and finance, or a designee, who shall serve as chairperson; the director of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6Medicaid or a designee; the commissioner of insurance or a designee; the executive director of |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7the group insurance commission; 6 members appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8member in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries, 1 of whom shall be a health |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9economist, 1 of whom shall represent the interests of small businesses, 2 of whom shall be from |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10organizations representing employers, and 1 of whom shall be a member of the Massachusetts 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11chapter of the National Association of Health Underwriters; and 3 members appointed by the |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12attorney general, 1 of whom shall be an employee health benefits plan specialist, 1 of whom shall |
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| 42 | 42 | | 13be a representative of a health consumer organization and 1 of whom shall be a representative of |
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| 43 | 43 | | 14organized labor. No appointee shall be an employee of any licensed carrier authorized to do |
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| 44 | 44 | | 15business in the commonwealth. All appointments shall serve a term of 3 years, but a person |
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| 45 | 45 | | 16appointed to fill a vacancy shall serve only for the unexpired term. An appointed member of the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 17board shall be eligible for reappointment. The board shall annually elect 1 of its members to |
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| 47 | 47 | | 18serve as vice-chairperson. |
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| 48 | 48 | | 19 SECTION 2. Said Chapter 176Q, as so appearing, is hereby amended by inserting after |
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| 49 | 49 | | 20section 18 the following two new sections:- |
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| 50 | 50 | | 21 176Q:19 Health Connector Transparency |
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| 51 | 51 | | 22 Section 19. The connector shall be subject to the open meeting law as established under |
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| 52 | 52 | | 23G.L.c. 30A, ยงยง18-25 and subject to public records request as established under G.L.c. 66. A |
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| 53 | 53 | | 24public record for purposes of this section shall include but not be limited to board votes, meeting |
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| 54 | 54 | | 25minutes, financial records, contract, and staff salaries. This information shall also be made |
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| 55 | 55 | | 26publicly available on the website of the connector. |
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| 56 | 56 | | 27 176Q:20 Return on Investment |
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| 57 | 57 | | 28 Section 20. The secretary of administration and finance shall on an annual basis review |
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| 58 | 58 | | 29and evaluate the return on investments made by the connector. Said review and evaluation along |
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| 59 | 59 | | 30with any recommendations shall be filed with the clerks of the house and senate, the house and |
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| 60 | 60 | | 31senate committee on ways, and joint committee on health care financing no later than December |
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| 61 | 61 | | 3231 annually. |
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