Bill Text: MA H885 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: The maximum copayments assessed by health insurance providers for certain services
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 2/25 at 11:00 AM in Hearing Room B1 [H885 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-H885-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Geraldine Creedon
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
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��������������� The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act Concerning Consumer Protection Legislation Limiting Copayments For Common Diagnostic Services.
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Geraldine Creedon |
11th Plymouth |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Concerning Consumer Protection Legislation Limiting
Copayments For Common Diagnostic Services.
��������������� Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
����������� �Notwithstanding any general or special law or regulation to the contrary, carriers that provides coverage under an individual health insurance policy or contract for (i) mammography, ultrasound, bone density, magnetic resonance imaging or computed axial tomography (CT), including CT in connection with treatment planning for radiation therapy, may not require total copayments in excess of three hundred seventy-five dollars for all such in-network imaging services combined annually, or require a copayment in excess of seventy-five dollars for each in-network magnetic resonance imaging or computed axial tomography; and (ii) for positron emission tomography may not require total copayments in excess of four hundred dollars for all such in-network imaging services combined annually, or require a copayment in excess of one hundred dollars for each in-network positron emission tomography.� In order to increase copayments, insurance carriers must request a public hearing before the Massachusetts Division of Insurance and seek the Division�s approval.�
