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MA Gen L ch 176a § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 11 - Officers; Duties

Section 11. The president, vice-president, if any, the secretary, assistant secretary, if any, the treasurer, and assistant treasurer, if any, shall be annually sworn and their oaths entered of record in the books of the non-profit hospital service corporation.  Each director shall file with the secretary a written acceptance of the trust before he is qualified to act.  The secretary, the treasurer, and each assistant secretary and each assistant treasurer, if any, of such a corporation shall, before entering upon his duties, give a bond payable to the corporation, conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties. The bond shall be executed as surety by a surety company authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, and shall be in a form satisfactory to the commissioner of insurance and in such penal sum as the commissioner shall prescribe. If the authority of any such surety company to transact business in the commonwealth is terminated, each officer bonded as aforesaid by such surety company shall forthwith execute a new bond in compliance with this section.  The secretary shall keep a record of the attendance, the votes taken and the manner in which each director votes, and of all other proceedings of all meetings of the directors and subscribers, and such other books and records as the president and directors may require. The records so kept shall be evidence of all elections and of the transactions to which they relate.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 12 - Publication of Assets and Liabilities

Section 12. When any such non-profit hospital service corporation publishes its assets it shall in the same connection and with equal conspicuousness publish its liabilities, both computed on the basis allowed for its annual statements.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 13 - Hospitalization and Medical Service for Officers and Employees of Corporation

Section 13. Any non-profit hospital service corporation may provide for the issuance to its employees of hospital service coverage, medical service coverage, and reimbursement for other health coverage. The term ''employee'' as used in this section shall include an officer.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 14 - Misrepresentation of Terms of Subscriber's Contract

Section 14. No non-profit hospital service corporation, or any officer or agent thereof, shall make, issue, circulate or use, or cause or permit to be made, issued, circulated or used, any written or oral statement misrepresenting the terms of any subscriber's contract issued or to be issued by any non-profit hospital service corporation, or the benefits or privileges promised thereunder.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 15 - Costs of Solicitation of Subscribers and Administration

Section 15. Acquisition costs in connection with the solicitation of subscribers, and the cost of administration shall at all times be limited to such amounts as the commissioner of insurance shall approve as adequate and reasonable, but in any event, such acquisition costs shall not exceed in any one year ten per cent of the earned subscription fees during that year, except that during the first five years after the issuance of a certificate of compliance by said commissioner such corporation may disburse not more than twenty per cent of such amount in each year.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 16 - Acquisition of Real Estate; Leases; Tax Exemption; Limit; Approval of Investments, Sales, Loans and Places of Deposit

Section 16. With the approval of the commissioner of insurance, a corporation subject to this chapter, alone or with one or more nonprofit corporations, the real estate of which is exempt from taxation, may acquire real estate it reasonably expects to use in whole or in part for conducting the business of such corporation or corporations. Real estate so acquired may be leased to other occupants, and when so leased, the exemption from taxes on real estate granted by this chapter or granted by any provision of the general laws to a co-owner shall not apply to that portion of the real estate which is so leased unless such other occupant occupies the leased premises for its purposes and is (a) a charitable organization, as defined in section five of chapter fifty-nine, or (b) a nonprofit corporation organized under the laws of the commonwealth to provide any kind of health service, the real estate of which is exempt from taxation. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the general investment powers set forth in this section.  No investment, sale or loan shall be made which has not first been authorized by the board of directors, or by a committee thereof charged with the duty of investing or loaning the funds of the corporation; nor shall any deposit be made in a bank or banking institution unless such bank or banking institution has first been approved as a bank of deposit by the board of directors or said committee thereof, and unless the vote authorizing such investment, sale or loan or approval of the place of deposit has been duly recorded in the books of the corporation.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 17 - Submission of Disputes and Controversies

Section 17. Any dispute arising between a corporation subject to this chapter, and any hospital with which such corporation has a contract for hospital service as authorized by this chapter, may with the consent of both parties be submitted to the center for health information and analysis for its decision with respect thereto. Any dispute or controversy arising between a non-profit hospital service corporation and any subscriber, or any person whose subscription certificate has been cancelled, may with the consent of both parties be submitted to the commissioner of insurance for his decision with respect thereto. All decisions and findings of the center for health information and analysis and the commissioner of insurance made under this section shall be final as to the facts.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 18 - Annual Statement of Condition; Verification, Filing, Form, Violations; Applicability of Chapters 176v and 176w

Section 18. Every such corporation subject to this chapter shall annually, on or before the first day of March, file in the office of the commissioner of insurance a statement, verified by at least two of the principal officers of said corporation, showing its condition as of the thirty-first day of December next preceding. Said statement shall be in such form and shall contain such other matters as said commissioner shall prescribe. The commissioner may, for cause shown, extend the filing date of the annual statement, or of schedules or exhibits which are a part of such statement or which are required by the commissioner, for not more than sixty days beyond March first in said year. Any such corporation neglecting to make and file its annual statement in the form and within the time herein specified shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each day during which such neglect continues, and upon notice by said commissioner to that effect its authority to do new business shall cease while such default continues.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176V shall apply to every corporation subject to this chapter.  Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176W shall apply to every corporation subject to this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 18a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 18a - Financial Statements; Inclusion of Electronic Data Processing Equipment as Asset

Section 18A. In an account of its financial condition, a non-profit hospital service corporation may include as an asset available for the payment of losses electronic data processing equipment, provided that the cost of such equipment at the time of acquisition is at least one hundred thousand dollars and that said cost is to be amortized in full over a period not to exceed ten years.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 19 - Tax Exemption

Section 19. Every corporation subject to this chapter is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent corporation and its property shall be exempt from state, city, county, district and municipal taxes.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 20 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 20 - Filing of Amendment of By-Laws

Section 20. Every non-profit hospital service corporation shall, within thirty days after the adoption of any amendment to its by-laws, file with the commissioner of insurance for his approval a copy of such amendment certified under its corporate seal by its secretary.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 21 - Submission of Advertising Matter to Commissioner

Section 21. The commissioner of insurance may require any non-profit hospital service corporation to submit for his inspection copies of any circular or other advertising matter issued by it in the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 22 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 22 - Filing of Riders, Endorsements and Applications With Commissioner

Section 22. All provisions of this chapter relative to the filing of subscriber contract forms with, and the approval of such forms by, the commissioner of insurance shall also apply to all forms of riders, endorsements and applications designed to be attached to such forms, and when so attached to constitute a part of the contract.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 24 - Special Contingent Reserve Fund

Section 24. Every such corporation shall set aside at the end of each calendar year out of its surplus funds, if any, but not otherwise, a special contingent reserve fund in an amount equal to, for the first year, the sum of one half of its then surplus funds, over and above its liabilities, and three per cent of its net premium written during the current calendar year, which three per cent of premium written, however, shall not exceed fifteen per cent of its incurred losses during such calendar year; thereafter, it shall at the end of each succeeding calendar year from any available surplus funds so increase such contingent reserve fund that on December thirty-first of each such year the amount of the contingent reserve fund shall exceed the required amount on the next preceding December thirty-first by an amount equal to five per cent of the net premium income of such corporation during such whole calendar year; provided, however, that the contingent reserve fund at the end of any calendar year shall not exceed forty per cent of its incurred losses during such calendar year. Such contingent reserve fund may be withdrawn or reduced below the amount required by this section with the approval of the commissioner of insurance. No other reserves except for actual liabilities shall be required.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 25 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 25 - Licensing of Agents

Section 25. Upon written notice by a non-profit hospital service corporation of its appointment of a person to act as its agent whose compensation in whole or in part is computed on a commission basis, the commissioner of insurance, in this section called the commissioner shall, if he is satisfied that the appointee is a suitable and competent person of full age and intends to hold himself out and carry on business in good faith as an agent and upon payment by the corporation of a fee to be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven, issue to him a license which shall state in substance that the person named therein is the constituted agent of the non-profit hospital service corporation in the commonwealth. Such notice shall be upon a form furnished by the commissioner, and shall be accompanied by a statement executed on oath by the appointee which shall give his name, age, residence, present occupation, his occupation for the five years next preceding the date of the notice, and such other information as the commissioner may require upon a form furnished by him. The commissioner may, at any time, for cause shown and after a hearing, revoke the license or suspend it for a period not exceeding the unexpired term thereof, and may, for cause shown and after a hearing, revoke the license while so suspended, and shall notify both the corporation and the agent in writing of such revocation or suspension. A license issued hereunder shall expire on the thirtieth day of June next after its issue, unless sooner revoked or suspended as aforesaid, or unless the corporation, by a written notice filed with the commissioner, cancels the authority of the agent to act for it. Such license may, in the discretion of the commissioner and upon payment by the corporation of said fee, be renewed for any succeeding year by a renewal certificate without requiring anew the detailed information hereinbefore specified. Every corporation shall be bound by the acts of the person named in the license within the scope of his apparent authority as its acknowledged agent while such license remains in force. Notices of hearings required by this section shall be deemed sufficient when sent postpaid by registered mail to the last business or resident address of the licensee appearing on records of the commissioner. The affidavit of the commissioner or of any person authorized by him to send such notice that such notice has been sent in accordance with this section shall be prima facie evidence that such notice was duly given. This section shall not apply to an officer of a non-profit hospital service corporation acting for such corporation in the negotiation, continuance or renewal of any subscriber's contract which it may lawfully make.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 26 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 26 - Salaries, Compensation or Emoluments Paid by Corporation

Section 26. No corporation subject to this chapter shall pay any salary, compensation or emolument to any officer, trustee or director thereof, nor any salary, compensation or emolument amounting in any year to more than twenty thousand dollars to any person, unless such payment be first authorized by a vote of its board of directors; provided, however, that the amount of such salaries, compensation or emoluments may be adjusted by the corporation to exceed such amount to reflect any decrease or increase in the cost of living since January first, nineteen hundred and sixty-nine, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers, United States City Average, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor. No corporation subject to this chapter shall make any agreement with any of its officers, trustees or employees whereby it agrees that for any services rendered or to be rendered he shall receive any salary compensation or emolument for a period of more than three years from the date of such agreement; provided, however, that the payment of an amount not in excess of twelve and one half per cent of such annual salary, compensation or emolument, or a larger percentage if approved by the commissioner, may be deferred beyond such period.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 27 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 27 - Payroll Deductions for Governmental Employees

Section 27. The pertinent provisions of section one hundred and thirty-eight A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five shall apply to deductions on payroll schedules from the salary of any state, county or municipal employee for the payment of the amount payable by such an employee under a contract issued to him as a subscriber by a non-profit hospital service corporation described in this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 28 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 28 - Violations; Penalties

Section 28. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which no other penalty is provided by law, shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 29 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 29 - Application

Section 29. The provisions of this chapter shall be applicable on or after January first, nineteen hundred and fifty-one to all non-profit hospital service corporations heretofore or hereafter formed, except as otherwise herein provided and except that as to existing corporations those provisions of section two relating to the composition of the board of directors shall take effect as of the next annual meeting of any such corporation.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 30 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 30 - Savings Clause

Section 30. The invalidity of any section or provision of this chapter shall not invalidate any other section or provision thereof.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 31 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 31 - Contracts for Administrative or Other Services; Loans and Investments

Section 31. Any corporation subject to this chapter may contract with any person for the purpose of providing administrative or other services relating to the providing of hospital or other health services or reimbursement therefor. In addition, with the approval of the commissioner of insurance who shall consider the effect upon subscriber agreements and subscriber rates, a hospital service corporation may, after being authorized by its board of directors or by a committee thereof charged with the duty of authorizing transactions under this section, make loans to, guarantee loans of, make investments in hospitals and providers of other health services for the purpose of improving efficiency, reducing costs, or increasing benefits in the delivery of health services to subscribers and others.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 32 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 32 - Payment of Sums Owed to Subscriber's Estate

Section 32. A nonprofit hospital service corporation which, upon the death of a subscriber, owes the subscriber's estate an aggregate sum not exceeding two thousand dollars under any contract for hospital care or reimbursement for other health services, may, at any time not less than sixty days after the subscriber's death, pay such sum to the husband, wife and next of kin of the subscriber and any such payment made in good faith shall fully discharge the corporation to the extent thereof; provided, however, that this section shall not apply if, prior to the time of such payment, the corporation has received a written claim under the subscriber's contract from any executor, administrator, or special administrator of the subscriber's estate.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 34 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 34 - Report of Individuals Provided With Creditable Coverage

Section 34. Pursuant to section 8B of chapter 62C, any corporation subject to this chapter shall provide written statements to residents of the commonwealth for whom creditable coverage is provided and shall provide a separate report verifying those statements to the commissioner of revenue.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 36 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 36 - Attribution of Members to a Primary Care Provider

Section 36. To the maximum extent possible, every non-profit hospital service corporation shall attribute every member to a primary care provider. Members may change their primary care provider, provided that the member gives notice to the carrier.
MA Gen L ch 176a § 37 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176a - Non-Profit Hospital Service Corporations|Section 37 - Disclosure of Patient-Level Data and Contracted Prices of Individual Health Care Services by Carriers to Providers

Section 37. To the extent permissible under applicable state and federal privacy laws, every non-profit hospital service corporation shall disclose patient-level data to providers in their network solely for the purpose of carrying out treatment, coordinating care among providers and managing the care of their own patient panel; provided, that an individual provider shall only receive patient-level data related to patients treated by said provider. Patient-level data shall include, but not be limited to, health care service utilization, medical expenses, and demographics.  The division of insurance shall develop procedures and a standard format for disclosing such patient-level information. The division may require every non-profit hospital service corporation to disclose such information through the all-payer claims database established under section 12 of chapter 12C if the division and the center for health information and analysis determine that the all-payer claims database is an efficient means to provide such information.  Non-profit hospital service corporations shall make available to any provider with whom they have entered into an alternative payment contract, the contracted prices of individual health care services within such payer's network for the purpose of referrals.