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MA Gen L ch 176b § 5b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 5b - Medical Service Plans; Genetic Tests; Discrimination Based on Genetic Information

Section 5B. For the purposes of this section the following words shall have the following meanings:—  ''Genetic information'', a written recorded individually identifiable result of a genetic test as defined by this section or explanation of such a result.  ''Genetic test'', a test of human DNA, RNA, mitochondrial DNA, chromosomes or proteins for the purposes of identifying the genes, or genetic abnormalities, or the presence or absence of inherited or acquired characteristics in genetic material.  No corporation subject to this chapter and no officer or agent thereof, shall cancel, refuse to issue or renew, or in any way make or permit any distinction or discrimination in the amount of payment of premiums as rates charged, in the length of coverage, or in any other of the terms and conditions of a medical service plan based on genetic information as defined in this section. No corporation subject to the provisions of this chapter and no officer or agent thereof, shall require genetic tests or private genetic information, as defined in this section, as a condition of the issuance or renewal of a medical service plan. Any violation of this section shall constitute an unfair method of competition or unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of chapters 93A and 176D.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 6b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 6b - Divorced or Separated Spouses; Continuation of Eligibility for Benefits

Section 6B. (a) In the event of the granting of a judgment absolute of divorce or of separate support to which a subscriber of a group nonprofit medical service plan is a party, the person who was the spouse of said subscriber prior to the issuance of such judgment shall be and remain eligible for benefits under said plan, whether or not said judgment was entered prior to the effective date of said plan, without additional premium or examination therefor, as if said judgment had not been entered; provided, however, that such eligibility shall not be required if said judgment so provides. Such eligibility shall continue through the subscriber's participation in the plan until the remarriage of either the subscriber or such spouse, or until such time as provided by said judgment, whichever is earlier.  (b) In the event of the remarriage of the group plan subscriber referred to in paragraph (a), the former spouse thereafter shall have the right, if so provided in said judgment, to continue to receive benefits as are available to the subscriber, by means of the addition of a rider to the family plan or the issuance of an individual plan, either of which may be at additional premium rates determined by the commissioner of insurance to be just and reasonable in accordance with the additional insuring risks involved.  (c) The name, address, and policy number of a person eligible for health insurance coverage pursuant to paragraph (a) or (b), if available, shall be forwarded by such nonprofit medical service corporation to the department of public welfare within thirty days of the date when coverage of said person under said paragraph (a) or (b) is commenced.  (d) Notice of cancellation of coverage of the divorced or separated spouse of a member shall be mailed to such divorced or separated spouse at such person's last known address, together with notice of the right to reinstate coverage retroactively to the date of cancellation.  (e) Claims paid on behalf of a divorced or separated spouse or on behalf of a dependent who is not residing with the member shall be paid to the physician, hospital or other provider of covered services or to the person on whose behalf such services were performed, unless the person is a minor child. In the event the person on whose behalf such services were performed is a minor, payment shall be made to the physician, hospital or other provider of such services or to the parent or custodian with whom the child resides.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 7a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 7a - Medicare Supplemental Group Coverage; Eligibility Due to Age or Disability

Section 7A. Any person who is eligible for Medicare coverage for both hospital and physician service due to age or disability, other than end-stage renal disease, shall be eligible for supplemental coverage to Medicare ninety days before and after the month of such person's Medicare effective date or of the month of loss of group or individual health coverage resulting from such person's retirement. Such supplemental coverage shall be effective no earlier than the effective date of Medicare coverage.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 7b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 7b - Medicare Supplemental Group Coverage; Medical Assistance Recipients

Section 7B. A medical service corporation governed by this chapter shall offer medicare supplemental group coverage to that group of medical assistance recipients designated from time to time by the department of public welfare. Such coverage shall be provided at a rate based on the projected experience of said group of recipients.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 7c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 7c - Retroactive Premium Rate Increase

Section 7C. For purposes of this section, retroactive premium rate increase shall mean any premium rate increase based upon an actual approved rate which is assessed to a subscriber after any payment has been made by said subscriber based upon an estimated premium rate for such period of coverage.  A medical service corporation governed by this chapter which offers medicare supplemental individual or group coverage shall, in the event of a retroactive premium rate increase for such coverage, allocate such increase among the remaining outstanding premium payments due; provided, however, that no finance charge or additional cost may be charged as a result of such allocation.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 7d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 7d - Retroactive Claims Denial for Behavioral Health Services

Section 7D. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise:  ''Behavioral health services'', as defined in section 1 of chapter 175, or ''services''.  ''Provider'', (i) a mental health clinic or substance use disorder treatment program licensed by the department of public health under chapters 17, 111, 111B or 111E; or (ii) a behavioral, substance use disorder or mental health professional who is licensed under chapter 112 and accredited or certified to provide services and who has provided services under an express or implied contract or with the expectation of receiving payment, other than co-payment, deductible or co-insurance, directly or indirectly from the commission or other entity.  ''Retroactive claims denial'', as defined in section 1 of chapter 175.  (b) A corporation shall not impose a retroactive claims denial for behavioral health services on a provider unless: (i) less than 12 months have elapsed from the time of submission of the claim by the provider to the corporation; (ii) the corporation has furnished the provider with a written explanation of the reason for the retroactive claims denial and, where applicable, a description of additional documentation or any other corrective action required for payment of the claim; and (iii) where applicable, the corporation allows the provider 30 days to submit additional documentation or to take any other corrective action required for payment of the claim.  (c) Notwithstanding subsection (b), a retroactive claims denial may be allowed after 12 months if: (i) the claim was submitted fraudulently; (ii) the claim, or services for which the claim was submitted, is the subject of legal action; (iii) the claim payment was incorrect because the provider was paid or the insured has already paid for the services identified in the claim; or (iv) the services identified in the claim were not delivered by the provider.  (d) If a retroactive claims denial is imposed because the claim payment is subject to adjustment due to expected payment from a payer other than the corporation or an entity with which the corporation contracts to provide or manage health care services, including mental health and substance use disorder services, the corporation shall notify the provider not less than 15 days before imposing the retroactive claims denial. The provider shall have 12 months from the date of denial to determine whether the claim is subject to payment by a secondary insurer; provided, however, that if the claim is denied by the secondary insurer due to the insured's transfer or termination of coverage, the corporation shall allow for resubmission of the claim.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 8 - Annual Statement; Verification, Form, Violations

Section 8. Every medical service corporation shall annually, on or before the first day of March, file in the office of the commissioner 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. Such statement shall be in such form and shall contain such matters as the commissioner shall prescribe. A corporation neglecting to file its annual statement within the time herein specified shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each day during which such neglect continues, and upon notice by the commissioner to that effect, its authority to do business shall cease while such default continues.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 8a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 8a - Financial Statements; Inclusion of Electronic Data Processing Equipment as Asset

Section 8A. In an account of its financial condition, a medical 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 176b § 8b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 8b - Applicability of Chapter 176v to Medical Service Corporations Governed by This Chapter

Section 8B. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176V shall apply to a medical service corporation governed by this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 8c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 8c - Applicability of Chapter 176w to Medical Service Corporations Governed by This Chapter

Section 8C. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, chapter 176W shall apply to a medical service corporation governed by this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 10 - Investments, Sales, Loans and Places of Deposit; Approval; Acquisition of Real Estate; Leases; Tax Exemption; Limit; Special Contingent Surplus

Section 10. No investment, sale or loan shall be made by a medical service corporation 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.  With the approval of the commissioner, a medical service corporation, 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 taxation on real estate granted by this chapter or granted by any provisions 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 services, the real estate of which is exempt from taxation. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit the general investment powers set forth in this section.  The commissioner may require any such corporation after the first full year of doing business to accumulate and maintain a special contingent surplus, over and above its reserves and liabilities, in such amount as the commissioner may deem proper.  A medical service corporation may invest in, acquire and hold the capital stock of any corporation as a subsidiary which is an insurance company authorized to transact the business of providing health insurance to persons residing outside the commonwealth, and which is duly licensed by the commissioner of insurance, provided that the medical service corporation shall notify the commissioner at least thirty days prior to entering into any agreement or contract to make such investment or acquisition.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 11 - Salaries, Compensation or Emoluments

Section 11. No medical service corporation 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 such corporation 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 176b § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 12 - Submission of Disputes or Controversies to Board; Privacy of Patient Information

Section 12. Any dispute or controversy arising between a medical service corporation and any participating physician, participating chiropractor, or any other participating provider of health services licensed under the laws of the commonwealth, or any subscriber, or any person whose subscription certificate has been canceled or to whom such corporation has refused to issue such certificate may within thirty days after such dispute or controversy arises be submitted by any person aggrieved to a board serving in the division of insurance and consisting of the commissioner or a person designated by him, the chairman of the board of registration and discipline in medicine or any person designated by him, and the attorney general or a person designated by him, for its decision with respect thereto. All decisions and orders of the board or of the commissioner made under any provision of this chapter may be revised as justice and equity may require upon a petition in equity filed, within ten days after the promulgation of such decision or order in the superior court within and for the county of Suffolk by any party aggrieved by such decision or order. If the board fails to resolve a dispute or controversy not involving a medical service corporation's methods of compensating such participating physician or provider within one year, any such participating physician or other participating provider of health services and any such subscriber or person may commence an action against such medical service corporation with respect to such dispute or controversy by filing a complaint in the superior court for the county in which he resides, which action may be maintained as a class action, subject to the provisions of rule twenty-three of the Massachusetts rules of civil procedure and shall be assigned by the court for a speedy completion of the pleadings, pretrial discovery, and hearing on the merits.  Any dispute or controversy arising between a medical service corporation and any participating psychiatrist, psychologist or social worker licensed under the laws of the commonwealth, or any subscriber, which is submitted by any aggrieved person to a board established pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be heard by such board in such a manner as to protect the privacy of all patient information which is the subject of such dispute or controversy or which comes to the attention of the board in its review. In furtherance of the protection of such privacy a board may and is hereby authorized to exclude the public during its hearing and deliberation of such cases.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 13 - Grounds for Enjoining Transaction of Business; Receivers

Section 13. If the commissioner is satisfied, as to any medical service corporation, that (1) it has failed to comply with the provisions of its charter, or (2) it is being operated for profit, or (3) it is fraudulently conducted, or (4) its condition is such as to render its further transaction of business hazardous to the public or to its subscribers, or (5) its officers and agents have refused to submit to an examination under section nine, or (6) it has exceeded its powers, or (7) it has violated any provision of law, or (8) it has compromised, or is attempting to compromise, with its creditors on the ground that it is financially unable to pay its claims in full, or (9) it is insolvent, he may apply to the supreme judicial court for an injunction restraining it from further proceeding with its business.  If the right of any person or group of persons to become a participating physician, chiropractor, or nurse midwife, as defined in section one, is denied because of arbitrary or unfair discrimination, any such person or group of persons so aggrieved may apply to the supreme judicial court for an injunction restraining such corporation from further proceeding with its business.  The court may, after application by the commissioner or any person or group of persons aggrieved as aforesaid, forthwith issue a temporary injunction restraining the transaction of any business, and it may, after a full hearing, make the injunction permanent, and appoint one or more receivers to take possession of the books, papers, moneys and other assets of the corporation, settle its affairs, and distribute its funds to those entitled thereto, subject to such rules and orders as the court may prescribe.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 14 - Liability of Corporation; Exemption From Insurance Laws; Tax Exemption

Section 14. Every medical service corporation is hereby declared to be a charitable corporation. No such corporation shall be liable for injuries resulting from negligence or malpractice on the part of any participating physician, participating chiropractor or any other participating provider of health services under the laws of the commonwealth or of any of its employees, nor shall it be liable for the cost of medical services, chiropractic services or other health services under the laws of the commonwealth to which the subscriber or covered dependent may be entitled under the provisions of chapter 152. Every such corporation shall be exempt from all provisions of the insurance laws of the commonwealth, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. The property of every such corporation shall, except as hereinafter provided, be exempt from all state and local taxes.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 16 - Operators of Medical Service Plan

Section 16. It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association, except a medical service corporation, to establish, maintain or operate a non-profit medical service plan; provided, however, that this chapter shall not render unlawful or affect any operation or activity of any company organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-five, of any society or fraternal benefit society organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-six or subject to any of the provisions thereof, of any non-profit hospital service or medical service corporation organized under the provisions of chapter one hundred and seventy-six A or one hundred and seventy-six C, or of any corporation organized or to be organized under chapter one hundred and eighty, the existence, purposes, activities and operations of which were lawful or would be lawful notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 16a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 16a - Payroll Deductions of Governmental Employees

Section 16A. The pertinent provisions of section one hundred and thirty-eight A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five shall apply to deductions on pay-roll schedules from the salary of any state, county or municipal employee for the payment of the amount payable by such an employee under a subscription certificate issued to him as a subscriber by a medical service corporation.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 17 - Enforcement

Section 17. The provisions of this chapter may be enforced by a bill in equity brought in the supreme judicial court by the commissioner, the attorney general, any district attorney or any aggrieved party.