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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3769 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1262 |
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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 | | Paul McMurtry |
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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 dental insurance. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Paul McMurtry11th Norfolk1/17/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3769 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 1262 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative McMurtry of Dedham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1262) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Paul McMurtry relative to dental insurance. 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-Fourth General Court |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | An Act relative to dental insurance. |
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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 176X of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 29 | 29 | | 2Edition, is hereby amended by striking out, in Section 2(d), lines 46 and 47, the words “or if a |
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| 30 | 30 | | 3carrier’s reported contribution to surplus exceeds 1.9 per cent” |
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| 31 | 31 | | 4 SECTION 2. Chapter 176X of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 32 | 32 | | 5Edition, is hereby amended by striking out Section 3(a)(i) and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 33 | 33 | | 6following words:-market group size, including individual; small groups of 2-50; and large groups |
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| 34 | 34 | | 7of greater than 50; and |
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| 35 | 35 | | 8 SECTION 3. Chapter 176X of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 36 | 36 | | 9Edition, is hereby amended by striking out Section 3(c) |
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| 37 | 37 | | 10 SECTION 4. Chapter 176X of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 38 | 38 | | 11Edition, is hereby amended by inserting, in Section 3(e ), after the words “60 days” in line 96, |
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| 39 | 39 | | 12the following words:- Life insurers will apply the RBC model according to 211 CMR 20.00. 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 13Those life and other multi-line carriers that have the majority of their liabilities in non-dental or |
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| 41 | 41 | | 14non-Massachusetts insurance lines shall not exceed 700% of their respective Company Action |
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| 42 | 42 | | 15Level (CAL), as defined in 211 CMR 20.00. Massachusetts-based health and dental-only |
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| 43 | 43 | | 16carriers shall apply the RBC model according to 211 CMR 25. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 17 SECTION 5. Chapter 176X of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official |
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| 45 | 45 | | 18Edition, is hereby amended by striking out Section 3(f) and inserting in place thereof the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 19following words:- The commissioner may waive specific reporting requirements in this section |
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| 47 | 47 | | 20for carriers unable to provide the required information; provided, however, that the |
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| 48 | 48 | | 21commissioner shall provide written notice of any such waiver to the joint committee on health |
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| 49 | 49 | | 22care financing and the house and senate committees on ways and means. |
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