§ 1 Definitions
§ 2 Health policy commission; governing board; members; duties and powers; annual report
§ 2A Confidentiality of nonpublic clinical, financial, strategic or operational documents
§ 3 Board powers and duties
§ 4 Advisory council
§ 5 Monitoring of health care delivery and payment system
§ 6 Payment by acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center or surcharge payor for estimated expenses of commission
§ 7 Administration of the Healthcare Payment Reform Fund; competitive process for development of health care payment and service delivery models; annual report
§ 8 Public hearings; witnesses; annual report
§ 8A Pharmaceutical drug pricing; manufacturer disclosure of pricing information; determination of supplemental rebate, proposed value or reasonableness of pricing of a drug
§ 9 Health care cost growth benchmark; modification
§ 10 Notice to health care entities exceeding health care cost growth benchmark; performance improvement plan; waiver; penalty for failure to comply
§ 11 Registration program for provider organizations; division of insurance risk certificate
§ 12 Negotiation of network contracts by unregistered provider or provider organization prohibited
§ 13 Notice of material changes to operations or governance structure of provider or provider organization; cost and market impact review
§ 14 Standards of certification for patient-centered medical homes; coordination of care; quality standards
§ 15 Certification as accountable care organization (ACO); standards
§ 16 Office of patient protection; powers and duties; external review system
§ 17 Annual report; audits
§ 18 Adoption of regulations to implement chapter 6D
§ 20 Pediatric behavioral health planning report
§ 21 Standard release form for exchange of confidential mental health and substance use disorder information
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Terms Used In Massachusetts General Laws > Chapter 6D - Health Policy Commission

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
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  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Devise: To gift property by will.
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  • Joint committee: Committees including membership from both houses of teh legislature. Joint committees are usually established with narrow jurisdictions and normally lack authority to report legislation.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Other entity: includes a domestic or foreign nonprofit corporation. See Massachusetts General Laws ch. 156D sec. 11.01
  • Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
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  • Probate: Proving a will
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  • Public law: A public bill or joint resolution that has passed both chambers and been enacted into law. Public laws have general applicability nationwide.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
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