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| 2 | 2 | | SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1556 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 782 |
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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 to increase health insurer reporting transparency. |
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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. 1556 FILED ON: 1/16/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 782 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Ms. Lovely, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 782) of Joan B. Lovely for |
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| 19 | 19 | | legislation to increase health insurer reporting transparency. Financial Services. |
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| 20 | 20 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 21 | 21 | | SEE SENATE, NO. 671 OF 2023-2024.] |
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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-Fourth General Court |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 26 | 26 | | _______________ |
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| 27 | 27 | | An Act to increase health insurer reporting transparency. |
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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 16 of chapter 12C of the General Laws is hereby amended by |
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| 31 | 31 | | 2adding at the end thereof the following subsection:- |
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| 32 | 32 | | 3 (d) The center, as part of its annual report, shall evaluate and report on individual carrier |
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| 33 | 33 | | 4data metrics submitted to the center pursuant to subsection (b), clauses (1) through (5) of section |
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| 34 | 34 | | 510 of chapter 12C as well as data submitted to the Division of Insurance under section 6 of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 6Chapter 176J and section 21 of chapter 176O. The center shall issue public reports on carrier |
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| 36 | 36 | | 7data periodically, including through its annual report. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 8 SECTION 2: Section 6 of chapter 176J of the General Laws, appearing in the 2018 2 |
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| 38 | 38 | | 9Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of subsection (b) the following |
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| 39 | 39 | | 10sentence:- "The commissioner shall make all information submitted to the division pursuant to 2 of 2 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 11the provisions of this subsection publicly available on a website in an easily readable and |
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| 41 | 41 | | 12understandable format on an annual basis.". |
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