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Event Detail – Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

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Event Date:7/19/2011

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Item Bill Number Bill Title Sponsor
1 S486 By Ms. Candaras, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 486) of Gale D. Candaras, Jennifer E. Benson, Michael R. Knapik, Denise Provost and others for legislation concerning Medicaid and accountable care. Health Care Financing. Gale Candaras
2 S487 By Ms. Chandler, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 487) of Harriette L. Chandler for legislation relative to the use of telemedicine to promote efficiency in the delivery of health care services. Health Care Financing. Harriette Chandler
3 S490 By Ms. Chandler, petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 490) of Chandler for legislation to establish criteria for Masshealth hardship waivers [Joint Committee on Health Care Financing]. Harriette Chandler
4 S491 By Ms. Chandler, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 491) of Harriette L. Chandler for legislation to establish an equitable rate of payment for medicaid home health services. Health Care Financing. Harriette Chandler
5 S499 By Mr. Eldridge, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 499) of James B. Eldridge, Susan C. Fargo, Gale D. Candaras, Thomas P. Kennedy and others for legislation relative to the countable assets of medical assistance recipients. Health Care Financing. James Eldridge
6 S504 By Ms. Flanagan, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 504) of Jennifer L. Flanagan, James B. Eldridge and Susan C. Fargo for legislation to provide equitable access to behavorial health for MassHealth consumers. Health Care Financing. Jennifer Flanagan
7 S506 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]. Jennifer Flanagan
8 S512 By Mr. Joyce, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 512) of Brian A. Joyce for legislation to promote Medicaid generic drug competition and savings. Health Care Financing. Brian Joyce
9 S514 By Mr. Kennedy, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 514) of Thomas P. Kennedy for legislation to establish a hardship waiver for medicaid beneficiaries. Health Care Financing. Thomas Kennedy
10 S516 By Mr. Montigny, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 516) of Mark C. Montigny for legislation to promote accountability in the Masshealth program. Health Care Financing. Mark Montigny
11 S523 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 523) of Michael O. Moore for legislation to improve access to coverage for medicaid beneficiaries. Health Care Financing. Michael Moore
12 S526 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 526) of Michael O. Moore for legislation relative to equitable reimbursement rates. Health Care Financing. Michael Moore
13 S527 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 527) of Richard T. Moore for legislation to define he use of observational services. Health Care Financing. Richard Moore
14 S535 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 535) of Richard T. Moore, Michael O. Moore, Bruce E. Tarr and James J. Dwyer for legislation to require MassHealth to provide an explanation of benefits to beneficiaries. Health Care Financing. Richard Moore
15 S536 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 536) of Richard T. Moore for legislation to require reimbursement for the costs of providing competent interpreter services. Health Care Financing. Richard Moore
16 S537 By Mr. Moore, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 537) of Richard T. Moore for legislation to require the Division of Medical Assistance to provide adequate rates . Health Care Financing. Richard Moore
17 S555 By Mr. Tarr, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 555) of Bruce E. Tarr for legislation to expand managed care to all Medicaid recipients. Health Care Financing. Bruce Tarr
18 S557 By Mr. Tolman, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 557) of Steven A. Tolman for legislation to ensure fair and reasonable medicaid payment rates for services provided by health care facilities. Health Care Financing. Steven Tolman
19 S559 By Mr. Wolf, a petition (accompanied by bill, Senate, No. 559) of Daniel A. Wolf and Sarah K. Peake for legislation to require ambulatory surgicenters and clinical laboratories to serve MassHealth enrollees. Health Care Financing. Daniel Wolf
20 H334 By Mr. Keenan of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 334) of Michael O. Moore and others for legislation to provide access for certain workers, including artists, for health care insurance. Health Care Financing. John Keenan
21 H336 By Mr. Koutoujian of Waltham, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 336) of Peter J. Koutoujian relative to the administering of national standards to Medicaid medical necessity reviews. Health Care Financing. Peter Koutoujian
22 H337 By Mr. Kulik of Worthington, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 337) of Stephen Kulik relative to the reconsideration or appeal of adverse determinations made in Medicaid medical necessity reviews. Health Care Financing. Stephen Kulik
23 H341 By Mr. Pignatelli of Lenox, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 341) of William Smitty Pignatelli and others relative to Medicaid payments to critical access hospitals. Health Care Financing. William Pignatelli
24 H1221 By Mr. Costello of Newburyport, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1221) of Michael A. Costello and Bradley H. Jones, Jr. relative to enrollment into MassHealth and Medicaid managed care organizations. Health Care Financing. Michael Costello
25 H1225 By Mr. Kane of Holyoke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1225) of Michael F. Kane and James T. Welch relative to Medicaid and Accountable Care. Health Care Financing. Michael Kane
26 H1226 By Mr. Keenan of Salem, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1226) of John D. Keenan and others for legislation to provide access to affordable health insurance for certain self-employed persons. Health Care Financing. John Keenan
27 H1229 By Ms. Malia of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1229) of Elizabeth A. Malia and others relative to the rates charged by Medicaid managed organizations for behavioral health emergency services. Health Care Financing. Elizabeth Malia
28 H1230 By Representative Peake of Provincetown and Senator Wolf, a joint petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1230) of Sarah K. Peake, James B. Eldridge and Cleon H. Turner for legislation to require ambulatory surgicenters and clinical laboratories to serve MassHealth enrollees. Health Care Financing. Sarah Peake

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29 H1231 By Mr. Pedone of Worcester, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1231) of Vincent A. Pedone and John W. Scibak for legislation to extend patient protections to recipients of MassHealth. Health Care Financing. Vincent Pedone
30 H1236 By Ms. Stanley of West Newbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1236) of Harriett L. Stanley relative to the transfer of certain members into a health maintenance organization. Health Care Financing. Harriett Stanley
31 H1237 By Ms. Stanley of West Newbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1237) of Harriett L. Stanley relative to containing health care costs. Health Care Financing. Harriett Stanley
32 H1240 By Ms. Stanley of West Newbury, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1240) of Harriett L. Stanley relative to sustainable health care cost containment. Health Care Financing. Harriett Stanley
33 H2083 By Mr. Fernandes of Milford, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2083) of John V. Fernandes and others relative to transfers of assets by MassHealth members. Health Care Financing. John Fernandes
34 H2086 By Ms. Hogan of Stow, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2086) of Kate Hogan and others for legislation to establish criteria for MassHealth hardship waivers. Health Care Financing. Kate Hogan
35 H2089 By Mr. Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2089) of Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to establishing a commission to study copayments. Health Care Financing. Bradley Jones
36 H2097 By Ms. Peisch of Wellesley, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2097) of Alice Hanlon Peisch and others relative to excluding certain retirement funds from countable assets of medical assistance recipients. Health Care Financing. Alice Peisch
37 H2777 By Mr. Moran of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2777) of Michael J. Moran relative to Medicaid payment rates for services provided by health care facilities licensed to provide chronic disease hospital services to children and adolescents. Health Care Financing. Michael Moran
38 H2779 By Ms. Provost of Somerville, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2779) of Denise Provost and Joyce A. Spiliotis for legislation eliminating age discrimination in the Masshealth program. Health Care Financing. Denise Provost
39 H2781 By Mr. Sánchez of Boston, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2781) of Jeffrey Sánchez, Jason M. Lewis and William N. Brownsberger for legislation directing MassHealth to establish a chronic care improvement demonstration project. Health Care Financing. Jeffrey Sánchez
40 H2783 By Mr. Smith of Everett, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2783) of Stephen Stat Smith for legislation to eliminate age discrimination in the MassHealth program. Health Care Financing. Stephen Smith
41 H2785 By Mr. Webster of Pembroke, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2785) of Daniel K. Webster and others relative to managed care services. Health Care Financing. Daniel Webster
42 S1893 By Ms. Flanagan, a petition (subject to Joint Rule 12) of Jennifer L. Flanagan for legislation relative to behavioral emergency services. Health Care Financing. Jennifer Flanagan