Bill S.577

SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1624        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .   .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 577

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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PRESENTED BY:

Robert A. O'Leary

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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 passage of the accompanying bill:

An Act Requiring Ambulatory Surgicenters and Clinical Laboratories to Serve MassHealth Enrollees .

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PETITION OF:

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
 

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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine

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An Act Requiring Ambulatory Surgicenters and Clinical Laboratories to Serve MassHealth Enrollees .


 

              Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.   Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, the department of public health shall require as a condition of licensure of ambulatory surgery centers and clinical laboratories that such entities contract with the executive office of health and human services to participate as providers of MassHealth .