Massachusetts Senate Bill 618 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2017 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2018-05-31 - Accompanied a study order, see S2535
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

For legislation to establish a public health insurance option. Health Care Financing.

Establishing a public health insurance option

Sen. James Eldridge [D]

Rep. Jonathan Hecht [D]

Rep. Denise Provost [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2018-05-31	Senate	Accompanied a study order, see S2535
2018-04-26	Senate	Senate concurred
2018-04-24	House	Reporting date extended to Wednesday May 16, 2018, pending concurrence
2018-03-01	House	House concurred
2018-03-01	Senate	Reporting date extended to Wednesday April 25, 2018, pending concurrence
2017-06-12	Joint	Hearing scheduled for 06/20/2017 from 11:00 AM-01:00 PM in B-1
2017-01-23	House	House concurred
2017-01-23	Senate	Referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

S1401 (Similar To) 2018-03-26 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means
H1566 (Similar To) 2017-05-11 - Accompanied S1536
H2610 (Similar To) 2017-11-06 - Accompanied a new draft, see H4001
H1610 (Similar To) 2018-02-22 - Accompanied a study order, see H4244
H1603 (Similar To) 2017-09-21 - Accompanied a new draft, see H3912
H2897 (Similar To) 2018-02-28 - Accompanied a study order, see H4252
S2135 (Similar To) 2019-01-01 - No further action taken
S2535 (Replaced by) 2018-07-12 - Reported (in part) by S1256

Type	Source
Summary	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S618
Text	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/190/S618.pdf