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MA Gen L ch 12c § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12c - Center for Health Information and Analysis|Section 13 - Uniform Provider Licensure Reporting System

Section 13. The center shall coordinate with the public health council and the boards of registration for health care providers to develop a uniform and interoperable electronic system of public reporting for providers as a condition of licensure. The uniform provider licensure reporting system shall include information designed for health resource planning and for analysis of market share by provider organization by primary service areas and dispersed service areas, including, but not limited to, reporting for each licensed provider its principal business locations; the categories of services provided; the provider organization with which the provider is affiliated for contracting purposes, or by which the provider is employed, if any; whether and to what extent the provider is practicing on license; and other factors as the center considers appropriate. The center may centralize the uniform provider licensure reporting system or create a central portal for public access to the uniform provider licensure information. The uniform provider licensure reporting system shall be accessible to other state agencies and authorities including, but not limited to, the commission, the executive office of health and human services, the department of public health and the office of Medicaid.
MA Gen L ch 12c § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12c - Center for Health Information and Analysis|Section 14 - Standard Quality Measure Set

Section 14. (a) The center shall develop the uniform reporting of a standard set of health care quality measures for each health care provider facility, medical group, or provider group in the commonwealth hereinafter referred to as the ''standard quality measure set.''  (b) The center shall convene a statewide advisory committee which shall recommend to the center a standard quality measure set. The statewide advisory committee shall consist of the executive director of the center or designee, who shall serve as the chairperson; the executive director of the group insurance commission or designee, the Medicaid director or designee; and 7 representatives of organizations to be appointed by the governor, 1 of whom shall be a representative from an acute care hospital or hospital association, 1 of whom shall be a representative from a provider group or medical association or provider association, 1 of whom shall be a representative from a medical group, 2 of whom shall be representatives of private health plans, 1 of whom shall be a representative from an employer association and 1 of whom shall be a representative from a health care consumer group.  (c) In developing its recommendation of the standard quality measure set, the advisory committee shall, after consulting with state and national organizations that monitor and develop quality and safety measures, select from existing quality measures and shall not select quality measures that are still in development or develop its own quality measures. The committee shall annually recommend to the center any updates to the standard quality measure set on or before November 1. The committee may solicit for consideration and recommend other nationally recognized quality measures, including, but not limited to, recommendations from medical or provider specialty groups as to appropriate quality measures for that group's specialty. At a minimum, the standard quality measure set shall consist of the following quality measures: (1) the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hospital process measures for acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure, pneumonia and surgical infection prevention; (2) the Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey; (3) the Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set reported as individual measures and as a weighted aggregate of the individual measures by medical or provider group; and (4) the Ambulatory Care Experiences Survey. The standard quality measure set shall include outcome measures. The committee shall review additional appropriate outcome measures as they are developed.
MA Gen L ch 12c § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12c - Center for Health Information and Analysis|Section 17 - Attorney General Review and Analysis of Information Submitted Under Secs. 8, 9 and 10 and Under Sec. 8 of Chapter 6d; Authority to Compel Production of Documents, Answers to Interrogatories and Testimony

Section 17. The attorney general may review and analyze any information submitted to the center under sections 8, 9 and 10 and the health policy commission under section 8 of chapter 6D. The attorney general may require that any provider, provider organization, or payer produce documents, answer interrogatories and provide testimony under oath related to health care costs and cost trends, factors that contribute to cost growth within the commonwealth's health care system and the relationship between provider costs and payer premium rates. The attorney general shall keep confidential all nonpublic information and documents obtained under this section and shall not disclose the information or documents to any person without the consent of the provider or payer that produced the information or documents except in a public hearing under section 8 of chapter 6D, a rate hearing before the division of insurance or in a case brought by the attorney general, if the attorney general believes that such disclosure will promote the health care cost containment goals of the commonwealth and that the disclosure should be made in the public interest after taking into account any privacy, trade secret or anti-competitive considerations. The confidential information and documents shall not be public records and shall be exempt from disclosure under clause Twenty-sixth of section 7 of chapter 4 or section 10 of chapter 66.
MA Gen L ch 12c § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12c - Center for Health Information and Analysis|Section 18 - Analysis of Data Received Under Secs. 6, 9 and 10 to Identify Excessive Increases in Health Status Adjusted Total Medical Expense

Section 18. The center shall perform ongoing analysis of data it receives under sections 6, 9 and 10 to identify any payers, providers or provider organizations whose increase in health status adjusted total medical expense is considered excessive and who threaten the ability of the state to meet the health care cost growth benchmark established by the health care finance and policy commission under section 10 of chapter 6D. The center shall confidentially provide a list of the payers, providers and provider organizations to the health policy commission such that the authority may pursue further action under section 10 of chapter 6D.
MA Gen L ch 12c § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12c - Center for Health Information and Analysis|Section 19 - Review and Comment Upon Capital Expenditure Projects Requiring Determination of Need Under Sec. 25c of Chapter 111

Section 19. The center shall review and comment upon all capital expenditure projects requiring a determination of need under section 25C of chapter 111, including, but not limited to, the availability and accessibility of services similar to those provided, or proposed to be provided, through the provider organization within its primary service areas and dispersed service areas; the provider organization's impact on competing options for the delivery of health care services within its primary service areas and dispersed service areas; less costly or more effective alternative financing methods for the projects; the immediate and long-term financial feasibility of the projects; the probable impact of the project on costs of and charges for services; and the availability of funds for capital and operating needs. The center may transmit to the department of public health its written recommendations on each project. The center shall appear and comment on any application for a determination of need where a public hearing is required under said section 25C of said chapter 111.
MA Gen L ch 12c § 21 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12c - Center for Health Information and Analysis|Section 21 - Continuing Program of Investigation and Study of the Uninsured and Underinsured

Section 21. The center shall establish a continuing program of investigation and study of the uninsured and underinsured in the commonwealth, including the health insurance needs of the residents of the geographically isolated or rural areas of the commonwealth. Said continuing investigation and study shall examine the overall impact of programs developed by the center and the division of medical assistance on the uninsured, the underinsured and the role of employers in assisting their employees in affording health insurance.
MA Gen L ch 12c § 21a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12c - Center for Health Information and Analysis|Section 21a - Continuing Program of Investigation and Study of Mental Health, Chronic Pain and Substance Use Disorders

Section 21A. The center shall establish a continuing program of investigation and study of mental health, chronic pain and substance use disorders in the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 12c § 23 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12c - Center for Health Information and Analysis|Section 23 - Transfer of Funds to Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund

[Text of section effective until June 30, 2021. Repealed by 2016, 115, Sec. 3A. See 2016, 115, Sec. 11.]  Section 23. Subject to appropriation, the center shall transfer annually $10,000,000 to the Community Hospital Reinvestment Trust Fund established in section 2TTTT of chapter 29, not later than June 30; provided, however, that such transfer shall not result in an increase in the assessment calculated under section 7 of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 12c § 24 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 12c - Center for Health Information and Analysis|Section 24 - Report on the Provision of Continuous Skilled Nursing Care

Section 24. The center, in conjunction with MassHealth, shall prepare a biennial report on the provision of continuous skilled nursing care as defined in 101 CMR 361 and 130 CMR 403.402. The report shall include, but not be limited to: (i) the number of pediatric patients and the number of adult patients requiring continuous skilled nursing care; (ii) the average and median number of continuous skilled nursing hours authorized by MassHealth per day, week, month and year for pediatric patients and for adult patients; (iii) the average and median number of authorized continuous skilled nursing hours actually delivered per day, week, month and year for pediatric patients and for adult patients; (iv) the total number of continuous skilled nursing hours authorized and actually delivered by MassHealth per month and year for pediatric patients and for adult patients; (v) the number of nurses providing continuous skilled nursing care to more than 1 patient at a time and, for the patients cared for by those nurses, the aggregate proportion of authorized continuous skilled nursing hours to utilized continuous skilled nursing hours; (vi) the number of nurses who contract with MassHealth to provide continuous skilled nursing care, the number of nurses who provide continuous skilled nursing care through a home health agency that contracts with MassHealth and whether the total number of nurses providing such care is sufficient to fill all authorized continuous skilled nursing hours; (vii) a description of the training, experience and education levels of the nurses who contract with MassHealth to provide continuous skilled nursing care; and (viii) an evaluation of the adequacy of the reimbursement rates for continuous skilled nursing care as established in 101 CMR 350.04(2) and a comparison of those rates against: (A) the rate paid to nurses who contract directly with MassHealth to provide continuous skilled nursing care; (B) the portion of the reimbursement rate paid directly as wages to nurses providing continuous skilled nursing care through a home health agency that contracts with MassHealth; and (C) the median wage rate paid to all nurses in the commonwealth.  Not later than January 1 of each even-numbered year, the report shall be filed with the secretary of health and human services, the clerks of the senate and the house of representatives, the joint committee on health care financing, the joint committee on public health and the senate and house committees on ways and means. The center shall make the report publicly available on its website.
MA Gen L ch 13 § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 13 - Division and Boards of Registration|Section 8 - Division of Professional Licensure; Commissioner; Duties; Compensation; Appointment of Successor

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 8. There shall be a division of professional licensure under the supervision of a commissioner. Said commissioner shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty, and shall devote his full time during business hours to the duties of his office. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commissioner, his successor shall be appointed by the governor for a term coterminous with that of the governor. Chapter 13: Section 8. Division of occupational licensure; commissioner; duties; compensation; appointment of successor [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 5 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 8. There shall be a division of occupational licensure under the supervision of a commissioner. Said commissioner shall be classified in accordance with section forty-five of chapter thirty and the salary shall be determined in accordance with section forty-six C of said chapter thirty, and shall devote his full time during business hours to the duties of his office. Upon the expiration of the term of office of a commissioner, his successor shall be appointed by the governor for a term coterminous with that of the governor.
MA Gen L ch 13 § 8a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 13 - Division and Boards of Registration|Section 8a - Office of Private Occupational School Education

[ Text of section effective until July 18, 2021. For text effective July 18, 2021, see below.]  Section 8A. There shall be an office of private occupational school education within the division of professional licensure, under the direction and supervision of the commissioner of the division. The office of private occupational school education shall assist the commissioner in carrying out the powers, duties and responsibilities set forth in section 263 of chapter 112 and the commissioner may appoint such employees as necessary to carry out such powers, duties and responsibilities. The office of private occupational school education shall not be considered a board serving in the division of professional licensure, within the meaning of this chapter. Chapter 13: Section 8A. Office of private occupational school education [ Text of section as amended by 2021, 39, Sec. 6 effective July 18, 2021. See 2021, 39, Sec. 128. For text effective until July 18, 2021, see above.]  Section 8A. There shall be an office of private occupational school education within the division of occupational licensure, under the direction and supervision of the commissioner of the division. The office of private occupational school education shall assist the commissioner in carrying out the powers, duties and responsibilities set forth in section 263 of chapter 112 and the commissioner may appoint such employees as necessary to carry out such powers, duties and responsibilities. The office of private occupational school education shall not be considered a board serving in the division of occupational licensure, within the meaning of this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 13 § 9a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 13 - Division and Boards of Registration|Section 9a - Rules and Regulations Governing Examinations

Section 9A. The director, subject to the approval of the governor and council, may make such rules and regulations governing the conduct of written and oral examinations by the several boards of registration and examination aforesaid as shall tend to standardize procedure and protect the commonwealth and applicants for registration against fraud; provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent any such board from adopting under authority of other provisions of law specific rules and regulations which are not in conflict with the rules and regulations authorized by this section.
MA Gen L ch 13 § 9c (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 13 - Division and Boards of Registration|Section 9c - Boards of Registration; Members; Public Employees for Certain Purposes

Section 9C. The members of the boards of registration shall be public employees for the purposes of chapter 258 for all acts or omissions within the scope of their duties as board members.
MA Gen L ch 13 § 10 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 13 - Division and Boards of Registration|Section 10 - Board of Registration in Medicine; Membership; Appointment and Term; Expenses; Rules and Regulations

Section 10. There shall be a board of registration in medicine, in this section and section eleven called the board, consisting of seven persons appointed by the governor, who shall be residents of the commonwealth, five of whom shall be physicians registered under section two of chapter one hundred and twelve, or corresponding provisions of earlier laws, and two of whom shall be representatives of the public, subject to the provisions of section nine B. Each member of the board shall serve for a term of three years.  No member shall be appointed to more than two consecutive full terms; provided, however, a member appointed for less than a full term may serve two full terms in addition to such part of a full term, and a former member shall again be eligible for appointment after a lapse of one or more years. Any member of the board may be removed by the governor for neglect of duty, misconduct, malfeasance or misfeasance in office after being given a written statement of the charges against him and sufficient opportunity to be heard thereon. The board shall elect from its members a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary who shall serve for one year and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The board shall meet at least once a month or more often upon the call of the chairman at such times and places as the chairman shall designate.  Members of the board shall, subject to appropriation, be paid thirty-five dollars for each day or part thereof spent in performing their duties, and shall receive their necessary traveling and other expenses while engaged in the business of the board, provided that the amount for expenses shall not be more than twenty dollars per day, except for traveling expense which shall not be more than eight cents per mile.  The board shall adopt, amend, and rescind such rules and regulations as it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter; may appoint legal counsel and such assistants as may be required; may make contracts and arrangements for the performance of administrative and similar services required, or appropriate, in the performance of the duties of the board; and may adopt and publish rules of procedure and other regulations not inconsistent with other provisions of the General Laws.
MA Gen L ch 13 § 10a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 13 - Division and Boards of Registration|Section 10a - Board of Registration in Medicine; Review and Approval of Rules and Regulations

Section 10A. The commissioner of public health may review and approve rules and regulations proposed by the board of medicine. Such regulations will be deemed approved unless disapproved within fifteen days of submission to the commissioner; provided, however, that any such disapproval shall be in writing setting forth the reasons for such disapproval.
MA Gen L ch 13 § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 13 - Division and Boards of Registration|Section 11 - Board of Registration in Medicine; Meetings; Officers; Bond; Salaries and Expenses

Section 11. Said board shall hold regular meetings on the second Tuesdays of March, July and November in each year, and additional meetings at such times and places as it may determine. At the regular meeting in July, it shall organize by the choice of a chairman and secretary, who shall hold their offices for one year. The secretary shall give bond to the state treasurer in the sum of five thousand dollars, with sufficient sureties to be approved by the governor and council, for the faithful performance of his official duties. There shall be paid by the commonwealth to the secretary of the board a salary of fifty-six hundred and twenty-five dollars, to the chairman of the board a salary of twelve hundred and fifty dollars and to each of the other members thereof a salary of one thousand dollars, and to each member thereof his necessary traveling expenses actually incurred in attending the meetings of the board.