Massachusetts House Bill 1734 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-1-1)
Status: Introduced on January 22 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-11-23 - Accompanied a study order, see H5100
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Relative to prior authorization requirements for inpatient mental health services within the MassHealth program. Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery.

Removing administrative barriers to behavioral health services

Rep. Elizabeth Malia [D]	Rep. David Linsky [D]	Sen. Michael Moore [D]	Rep. Michael Day [D]
Rep. Nika Elugardo [D]	Rep. James Hawkins [D]	Rep. Stephan Hay [D]	Rep. Natalie Higgins [D]
Sen. John Keenan [D]	Rep. Kay Khan [D]	Rep. David LeBoeuf [D]	Rep. Jose Tosado [D]
Sen. Dean Tran [R]	Rep. Susannah Whipps Lee [I]	Rep. Jonathan Zlotnik [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-11-23	House	Accompanied a study order, see H5100
2020-07-20	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-07-16	House	Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 29, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-07-02	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-05-14	House	Reporting date extended to Wednesday July 15, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-04-23	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-04-15	House	Reporting date extended to Friday May 15, 2020, pending concurrence
2020-02-18	Senate	Senate concurred
2020-02-05	House	Reporting date extended to Wednesday April 15, 2020, pending concurrence
2019-07-26	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 07/29/2019 from 10:00 AM-04:00 PM in B-1
2019-01-22	Senate	Senate concurred
2019-01-22	House	Referred to the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery

S661 (Similar To) 2020-07-23 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
H1161 (Similar To) 2019-09-25 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
S50 (Similar To) 2020-07-23 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
S730 (Similar To) 2020-07-23 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
S698 (Similar To) 2020-07-23 - Ought NOT to pass (under Joint Rule 10) and placed in the Orders of the Day for the next session
H5100 (Replaced by) 2020-11-23 - Discharged to the committee on House Rules

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1734
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H1734.pdf