House
Bill 1043, An Act reforming labor rates paid by insurance companies to auto repairers in the Commonwealth
- Bill creates a commission to establish a fair hourly compensation rate for auto collision shops and designate these shops to an A, B, or C rating through a system determined by service quality.
House Bill 2163, An Act to ensure quality, affordability, and access to primary and preventative health care, to eliminate health disparities, and to enhance economic growth throughout the Commonwealth
- Bill establishes the State Health Services Corps which will unite community health centers and other health care professionals to strengthen comprehensive team-based care at community health centers and overcome geographic, financial, cultural, and language barriers affecting the medically underserved.
- Bill establishes the Office of State Health Policy responsible for primary care development, and would serve as the primary care office for Massachusetts.
House Bill
508, An Act requiring notification
by schools to parents
or guardians of vicitmized students
- Schools would be required to notify parents when a felony is committed on school grounds.
House Bill 1738, An Act relative to the parent education program
- Bill requires divorced parents with children who are minors to complete an approved parent education program within 30 days of filing for divorce.
House Bill 185, An Act providing for the public
disclosure of quality indicators for the developmentally disabled
- Bill would establish a series of quality indicators
for residential facilities operated by the Department of Mental Retardation
for use by parents and consumers of services.
House Bill 1739, An Act relative to prohibiting video voyeurism
- Bill increases the penalties for videotaping another person in an intimate manner without their permission.
- Bill will also strengthen definition of videotaping a nude person.
House Bill
1244, An Act relative to employer
assisted housing
- Bill would establish a state subsidized program
to alleviate the housing shortage.
House Bill 1042, An Act relative to affordable health insurance
- Bill would allow for the introduction of mandate-lite products to provide individuals and employers with a wider range of coverage options to best meet their health care needs.
House Bill 2008, An Act to protect the public
from condemned, vicious dogs
- Bill would shift the burden of cost for the housing
of condemned, vicious dogs from municipalities to dog owners during
the appeals process following an order of destruction.
House Bill 2954, An Act imposing a moratorium on mandated benefits
- Bill would impose a moratorium on new mandated benefits until the time when the Consumer Price Index for medical services does not increase for two consecutive years.
House Bill 1104, An Act improving access to coverage for Medicaid beneficiaries
- Bill would require all Medicaid recipients be enrolled into one of the four Medicaid Managed Care Organizations (Medicaid MCOs).
House Bill 1105, An Act relative to administrative simplification for Mass Health
- Bill would allow Medicaid MCOs that have been accredited by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) to be deemed compliant by the office of Medicaid for all standards within the categories for which it has been surveyed and determined to meet all standards.
House Bill
2910, An Act establishing a tax exemption
for contributions to college savings plans
- Bill would allow certain income tax exemptions
for contributors of 529 college savings plans.
House Bill 3400, An Act relative to veteran-owned small business
- Bill would establish a state-wide goal of three
percent of all state contracts to be awarded to veteran-owned small
businesses.
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