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Additional information about each bill is available below.
Priority Legislation
Alleviate Medical Debt
(H.419/S.214, H.1350/S.842 & H.1420/S.852)
These bills ensure that people who already carry medical debt are protected from future financial harm and prevent people from accumulating medical debt by making hospital financial assistance policies more uniform and accessible while also restoring Health Safety Net coverage.
Expand Access to Primary Care
(H.2537/S.867)
These bills increase investment in primary care by setting a statewide spending target, changing the way we pay for primary care, lowering costs for patients, establishing pay equity for community health centers, and training more doctors through a Medicaid residency program.
Lower Health Care Costs
(H.1092, H.1361 & S.868)
These bills address rising health care costs by giving the Health Policy Commission (HPC) new authority to tackle high-cost prescription drugs, increasing flexibility and accountability in the state’s benchmark process to address hospital and health system costs, and giving the Division of Insurance new tools to push back on premium increases.
Additional Health Care Priorities
Strengthen Access to Community Health Workers (H.359/S.251)
This bill requires MassHealth, the Group Insurance Commission (GIC) and private insurance carriers to cover services provided by Community Health Workers (CHWs) and establishes a taskforce to study and make recommendations to strengthen the CHW workforce.
Support Behavioral Health Prevention for Children (H.1228/S.802)
This bill requires the GIC and private insurance carriers to cover short-term behavioral health services for children under the age of 21 without requiring a diagnosis, in alignment with MassHealth’s policy.