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MA Gen L ch 176b § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 2 - Incorporators; Formation; Articles of Organization; Certification

Section 2. For the purpose of establishing, maintaining and operating a non-profit medical service plan, seven or more persons may form a medical service corporation. Such a corporation shall be formed in the manner prescribed in and subject to section nine of chapter one hundred and fifty-five and sections six and eight to twelve, inclusive, of chapter one hundred and fifty-six, except as follows:  The agreement of association of a corporation having no capital stock may omit the statement of the amount of the capital stock and the par value and number of its shares. The fee to be paid to the state secretary upon the filing of the articles of organization shall be determined annually by the commissioner of administration under the provision of section three B of chapter seven.  The articles of organization specified in section ten of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six, with the records and by-laws of the corporation, shall be submitted to the commissioner instead of to the commissioner of revenue, and he shall have the powers and perform the duties relative thereto specified in section eleven of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six.  The certificate issued by the state secretary under section twelve of said chapter one hundred and fifty-six shall be modified to conform to the requirements of this section.  The commissioner shall not approve the articles of organization of such a corporation until he is satisfied by such examination as he may make and such evidence as he may require, that the incorporators are of good repute and intend in good faith to operate the corporation. He shall execute a certificate of his findings, which shall be attached to the articles of organization prior to the filing thereof with the state secretary.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 3a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 3a - Contracts of Reinsurance

Section 3A. Any corporation subject to this chapter may make contracts of reinsurance relating to the providing of medical or other health services or reimbursement thereof, but the costs of such reinsurance shall not inure to or otherwise affect the premiums charged for any policy offered, sold, issued or delivered by the corporation pursuant to chapter 176K or for any nongroup health plan offered, sold, issued or delivered by the corporation pursuant to chapter 176M.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 3b (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 3b - Group Medical Service Agreements; Contribution Percentages

Section 3B. A medical service corporation organized under this chapter may only enter into a group medical service agreement with an employer if the group medical service agreement is offered by that employer to all full-time employees who live in the commonwealth; provided, however, the employer shall not make a smaller health insurance premium contribution percentage amount to an employee than the employer makes to any other employee who receives an equal or greater total hourly or annual salary for each specific or general blanket policy of insurance for all employees. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a carrier may enter into a group medical service agreement with an employer that establishes separate contribution percentages for employees covered by collective bargaining agreements.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4d (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4d - Refusal to Contract With Blind or Deaf Persons; Prohibition

Section 4D. No corporation subject to this chapter shall refuse for the reason of blindness or deafness, to contract with a subscriber a subscription certificate under an individual medical service agreement.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4e (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4e - Diethylstilbestrol Exposure; Discrimination

Section 4E. No subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement which shall be delivered or issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall be denied or cancelled or fail to be renewed, nor shall any excessive rates be charged or restrictions on the length of coverage be imposed, nor shall any other factor be altered in such a way as to constitute discrimination primarily because the insured person has had a suspected, alleged or confirmed exposure to the potential hazards and afflictions of diethylstilbestrol or compounds commonly referred to as DES. The practices prohibited under this section shall include not only those overtly discriminatory but also practices and devices which are fair in form but discriminatory in practice.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4f (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4f - Cardiac Rehabilitation Expense Benefits

Section 4F. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, which shall be delivered or issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide, as a basic benefit to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth for expense for cardiac rehabilitation. Cardiac rehabilitation shall mean multidisciplinary, medically necessary treatment of persons with documented cardiovascular disease which shall be provided in either a hospital or other setting and which shall meet standards promulgated by the commissioner of public health after reviewing proposals submitted by the Massachusetts Society for Cardiac Rehabilitation, Inc. and after notice and public hearing on the proposed standards. Such standards shall include, but not be limited to, outpatient treatment which is to be initiated within twenty-six weeks after the diagnosis of such disease.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4g (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4g - Certified Nurse Midwife Services Benefits

Section 4G. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement which shall be delivered or issued or renewed in this commonwealth shall provide as benefits to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, for expense for services of a certified nurse midwife; provided, however, that such services are reimbursed when rendered by any other duly licensed practitioner; and provided, further, that such services are within the lawful scope of practice for a certified nurse midwife.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4h (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4h - Prenatal, Childbirth and Postpartum Care Benefits; Minimum Coverage for In-Patient Care

Section 4H. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, which shall be delivered or issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide, as a basic benefit to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth for expense for prenatal care, childbirth and post partum care to the same extent that benefits are provided for medical conditions not related to pregnancy.  In addition to such benefits, such policy or plan shall provide coverage of a minimum of forty-eight hours of in-patient care following a vaginal delivery and a minimum of ninety-six hours of in-patient care following a caesarean section for a mother and her newly born child. Any decision to shorten these minimum coverages shall be made by the attending physician in consultation with the mother. Any such decision shall be made in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the department of public health. Said regulations shall be relative to early discharge, defined as less than forty-eight hours for a vaginal delivery and ninety-six hours for a caesarean delivery, and post-delivery care and shall include, but not be limited to, home visits, parent education, assistance and training in breast or bottle feeding and the performance of any necessary and appropriate clinical tests; provided, however, that the first home visit shall be conducted by a registered nurse, physician, or certified nurse midwife; and provided, further, that any subsequent home visit determined to be clinically necessary shall be provided by a licensed health care provider.  For the purposes of this section, attending physician shall include the attending obstetrician, pediatrician, or certified nurse midwife attending the mother and newly born child.  Any subscriber or member who is aggrieved by a denial of benefits to be provided under this section may appeal said denial in accordance with regulations of the department of public health.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4i (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4i - Cytologic Screening and Mammographic Examination Benefits

Section 4I. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to Medicare or other governmental programs, which shall be delivered or issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide as benefits to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth for expense of cytologic screening and mammographic examination. Said benefits shall be at least equal to the following minimum requirement; (a) in the case of benefits for cytologic screening, said benefits shall provide for an annual cytologic screening for women eighteen years of age and older; and (b), in the case of benefits for mammographic examination said benefits shall provide for a baseline mammogram for women between the ages of thirty-five and forty and for mammogram on an annual basis for women forty years of age and older.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4j (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4j - Infertility Diagnosis and Treatment Benefits

Section 4J. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, which is delivered, issued for delivery or renewed in the commonwealth while this section is effective shall provide as a benefit for all individual subscribers or members within the commonwealth and all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, to the same extent that benefits are provided for other pregnancy-related procedures and subject to the other terms and conditions of the subscription certificate, coverage for medically necessary expenses of diagnosis and treatment of infertility. Said infertility benefits shall meet all other terms and conditions of the subscription certificate. For purposes of this section, ''infertility' shall mean the condition of an individual who is unable to conceive or produce conception during a period of 1 year if the female is age 35 or younger or during a period of 6 months if the female is over the age of 35. For purposes of meeting the criteria for infertility in this section, if a person conceives but is unable to carry that pregnancy to live birth, the period of time she attempted to conceive prior to achieving that pregnancy shall be included in the calculation of the 1 year or 6 month period, as applicable.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4k (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4k - Nonprescription Enteral Formulas for Home Use

Section 4K. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide, as benefits to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth, all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth and all persons included in section four C, coverage for nonprescription enteral formulas for home use for which a physician has issued a written order and which are medically necessary for the treatment of malabsorption caused by Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, gastroesophageal reflux, gastrointestinal motility, chronic intestinal pseudo-obstruction, and inherited diseases of amino acids and organic acids. Coverage for inherited diseases of amino acids and organic acids shall include food products modified to be low protein in an amount not to exceed $5,000 annually for any insured individual.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4l (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4l - Chiropractic Services Benefits

Section 4L. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement which shall be delivered or issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide as benefits to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth for expense for chiropractic service.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4m (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4m - Standardized Claim Form

Section 4M. The commissioner of insurance is hereby directed to produce a standardized claim form to be utilized by all health insurance companies licensed to do business in the commonwealth for billing purposes.  Said form shall be made available to said companies no later than July first, nineteen hundred and ninety-three.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4n (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4n - Off-Label Drug Use; Cancer

Section 4N. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth which provides coverage for prescription drugs, shall provide as benefits to all individual subscribers and members and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage for off-label uses of prescription drugs used in the treatment of cancer as defined in, and subject to the restrictions of, sections forty-seven K and forty-seven L of chapter one hundred and seventy-five.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4o (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4o - Medical Service Agreement Coverage for Bone Marrow Transplants

Section 4O. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide as a benefit for all individual subscribers or members within the commonwealth and all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage for a bone marrow transplant or transplants for persons who have been diagnosed with breast cancer that has progressed to metastatic disease; provided, however, that said person shall meet the criteria established by the department of public health. The department of public health shall promulgate rules and regulations establishing criteria for eligibility for coverage hereunder which shall be consistent with medical research protocols reviewed and approved by the National Cancer Institute.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4p (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4p - Off-Label Use of Prescription Drugs for HIV/AIDS Treatment

Section 4P. Any subscription certificate under individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth which provides coverage for prescription drugs shall provide coverage for off-label uses of prescription drugs used in the treatment of HIV/AIDS as set forth in sections forty-seven O and forty-seven P of chapter one hundred and seventy-five as benefits to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4q (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4q - Coverage for Licensed Hospice Services

Section 4Q. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide as a benefit for all individual subscribers or members within the commonwealth and all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage for licensed hospice services to terminally ill patients with a life expectancy of six months or less, as set forth and regulated by the provisions of section fifty-seven D of chapter one hundred and eleven and as authorized by a duly licensed physician.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4r (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4r - Scalp Hair Prostheses Necessary Due to Cancer or Leukemia Treatment

Section 4R. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings:  ''Prosthesis'', an artificial appliance used to replace a lost natural structure; provided, however, that prosthesis shall include, but not be limited to, artificial arms, legs, breasts, scalp hair or glass eyes.  ''Scalp hair prosthesis'', an artificial substitute for scalp hair.  (b) Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement, except certificates which provide supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, that shall be delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth, and which provides coverage for any other prosthesis, shall provide, as benefits to all individual subscribers or members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage for expenses for scalp hair prostheses worn for hair loss suffered as a result of the treatment of any form of cancer or leukemia; provided, however, that such coverage shall be subject to a written statement by the treating physician that the scalp hair prosthesis is medically necessary; and provided, further, that such coverage shall be subject to the same limitations and guidelines as other prostheses. Scalp hair prosthesis coverage pursuant to this section shall not exceed an amount of $350 per year.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4t (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4t - Subscription Certificate Benefits for Services Rendered by a Nurse Anesthetist or Nurse Practitioner

Section 4T. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide as benefits to all individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth and to all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth for services rendered by a certified registered nurse anesthetist or nurse practitioner designated as such a certified registered nurse anesthetist or nurse practitioner by the board of registration in nursing pursuant to the provisions of section 80B of chapter 112; provided, however, that the following conditions are met: (1) the service rendered is within the scope of the certified registered nurse anesthetist's license or nurse practitioner's authorization to practice by the board of registration in nursing; and (2) the policy or contract currently provides benefits for identical services rendered by a provider of health care licensed by the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4v (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4v - Coverage for Human Leukocyte or Histocompatibility Locus Antigen Testing

Section 4V. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement, except certificates providing supplemental coverage to Medicare or to other government programs, delivered, issued or renewed by agreement within or without the commonwealth shall provide, as a benefit for all individual subscribers or members within the commonwealth and all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage for the cost of human leukocyte antigen testing or histocompatibility locus antigen testing that is necessary to establish bone marrow transplant donor suitability. The coverage shall cover the costs of testing for A, B or DR antigens, or any combination thereof, consistent with rules, regulations and criteria established by the department of public health pursuant to section 218 of chapter 111.
MA Gen L ch 176b § 4x (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 176b - Medical Service Corporations|Section 4x - Coverage for Patient Care Services Provided Under Qualified Clinical Trials

Section 4X. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement delivered, issued or renewed within the commonwealth shall provide for the coverage of patient care services furnished pursuant to qualified clinical trials as defined in, and subject to the requirements and limitations of, section 110L of chapter 175.