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