Legislation


S 717 – Massachusetts

Status: Inactive / Dead
Year Introduced: 2019
Link: https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/S717

For legislation to create a special commission to improve transparency and affordability at the Group Insurance Commission. Health Care Financing. There shall be a special commission governed by section 2A of chapter 4 of the General Laws to: (i) assess public transparency at the Group Insurance Commission with respect to its procurement and contracting processes; (ii) make recommendations to improve transparency at the Group Insurance Commission including, but not limited to, requiring the public disclosure of its vendor contracts involving health care costs and pharmaceutical pricing; (iii) evaluate the potential use of reference based pricing as a means of making medical costs through the Group Insurance Commission affordable and uniform; (iv) investigate the value and viability of a public option health insurance plan available to public and non-public employees in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts


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