SENATE DOCKET, NO. 117 FILED ON: 1/18/2011 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 506 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts _________________ PRESENTED BY: Jennifer L. Flanagan _______________ 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: An Act requiring MassHealth behavioral health care carve out contracts to be subject to the freedom of information statute. . _______________ PETITION OF: Name: | District/Address: | Jennifer L. Flanagan |
[District]
| James B. Eldridge |
[District]
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SENATE DOCKET, NO. 117 FILED ON: 1/18/2011 SENATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 506 By Ms. Flanagan, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 506) of Eldridge and Flanagan for legislation to require MassHealth behavioral health care carve out contracts to be subject to the freedom of information statute [Joint Committee on Health Care Financing]. |
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
An Act requiring MassHealth behavioral health care carve out contracts to be subject to the freedom of information statute. .
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. Section 113 of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006 is hereby amended by inserting after the first sentence the following new sentence:- "The terms and conditions of contracts, including financial arrangements, between any managed care organization and any specialty behavioral health managed care organization shall be subject to section 10 of Chapter 66 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2008 Official Edition." |
