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MA Gen L ch 175f § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175f - Medical Malpractice Self-Insurance Trust Funds|Section 13 - Merger or Consolidation of Funds

Section 13. A fund desiring to consolidate or merge with any other fund shall comply with the procedures set forth in section seven of chapter one hundred and seventy-six, inserted by section one of chapter five hundred and forty of the acts of nineteen hundred and fifty-eight. Such merger or consolidation shall be considered to be approved by the commissioner unless, after a hearing in accordance with chapter thirty A, the commissioner disapproves said merger or consolidation in writing within sixty days after the filing of all materials.  Any such merger or consolidation shall have the effects on the rights and property of the funds which are set forth as to fraternal benefit societies in said section seven of said chapter one hundred and seventy-six, as so inserted.
MA Gen L ch 175f § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175f - Medical Malpractice Self-Insurance Trust Funds|Section 14 - Legal Requirement of Insurance or Commercial Insurance

Section 14. Any participant shall be considered to have insurance equivalent to commercial insurance, to the extent of the limits of coverage provided by the fund, for the purpose of any requirements of insurance or commercial insurance contained in any law or any bonds, notes, mortgages, contracts or other agreements to which that participant is a party.
MA Gen L ch 175f § 15 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175f - Medical Malpractice Self-Insurance Trust Funds|Section 15 - Liability of Fund

Section 15. No money or other asset of any fund shall be liable to attachment, trustee process, equitable lien or other process, or to be seized, taken, appropriated or applied by any legal or equitable process or operation of law to pay any debt or liability of any legal person except as provided in this chapter or in the trust instrument governing the fund.
MA Gen L ch 175f § 16 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175f - Medical Malpractice Self-Insurance Trust Funds|Section 16 - Fund Declared to Be Charitable and Benevolent Institution; Exemption From Taxes

Section 16. A fund is hereby declared to be a charitable and benevolent institution, and all of its assets shall be exempt from all and every state, county, district, municipal and school tax, if all of its participants qualify for exemption from federal taxes under 26 U.S.C. Section 501, or qualify for the exclusion from gross income provided under 26 U.S.C. Section 115.
MA Gen L ch 175f § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175f - Medical Malpractice Self-Insurance Trust Funds|Section 17 - Regulations to Consider Requirements of Federal Governmental or Quasi-Governmental Agencies

Section 17. All regulations promulgated by the commissioner pursuant to this chapter shall consider the requirements of federal governmental agencies or quasi-governmental agencies so as to permit funds to satisfy such requirements.
MA Gen L ch 175f § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175f - Medical Malpractice Self-Insurance Trust Funds|Section 18 - Violation of Chapter

Section 18. Whoever violates any provisions of this chapter shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
MA Gen L ch 175g § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175g - The Pollution Liability Reinsurance Corporation|Section 5 - Percentage Surcharge for Supplemental Special Account, Establishment and Collection; Maximum Accumulated Amount; Surplus

Section 5. Subject to the plan of operation, the Corporation shall establish and collect a percentage surcharge of up to five per cent on ordinary reinsurance charges in order to build up a supplemental special account within the Pollution Liability Reinsurance Fund. The proceeds of this account and its related investment income shall be used to discharge the Corporation's liabilities under reinsurance contracts in the event that, for any specific reporting year, the losses and related expenses exceed the Corporation's income obtained from ordinary reinsurance premium charges and investment income thereon.  When the accumulated amount in the special account, less anticipated expenditures, is expected to exceed twenty-five million dollars at the end of a calendar year, the surcharges shall be discontinued until the special account is depleted to an amount below twenty-five million dollars. Every five years, the commissioner shall determine the proper maximum accumulated amount to be kept in the special account for the next five years. This determination shall be based on, but not limited to factors including the previous experience in the operation of the special account.  In the event that for any specific reporting year the claim reserves established in the Reinsurance Fund from ordinary reinsurance charges, including reasonably related investment income, are determined with reasonable actuarial certainty to be in excess of the amounts actually required to pay claims and claim expenses, the surplus amount shall be transferred to the special account. Such determination shall be made no sooner than five years after the inception date of any reporting year.
MA Gen L ch 175g § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175g - The Pollution Liability Reinsurance Corporation|Section 7 - Rules and Regulations; Commissioner's Orders; Review

Section 7. The commissioner may make, and at any time, alter or amend, reasonable rules and regulations to facilitate the operation of this chapter. The commissioner may issue such orders as he finds proper, expedient or necessary to enforce and administer the provisions of this chapter and to secure compliance with any rules or regulations made thereunder. The superior court for the county of Suffolk shall have jurisdiction upon the complaints of the commissioner and upon a summary hearing, to enforce all lawful orders of the commissioner. Memoranda of all actions, orders, findings and decisions of the commissioner shall be signed by him and filed in his office as public records open to public inspection.  Any person or company aggrieved by any action, order, finding or decision of the commissioner pursuant to this chapter may seek review of such action, order, finding or decision by the superior court for the county of Suffolk in accordance with section five A of chapter one hundred and seventy-five A.
MA Gen L ch 175h § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175h - False Health Care Claims|Section 1 - Definitions

Section 1. As used in this chapter the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires:—  ''False'', wholly or partially false, fictitious, fraudulent, untrue or deceptive.  ''Health care benefit'', a payment for health care services or the right under a contract or a certificate or policy of insurance to have a payment made by a health care corporation or health care insurer for a specified health care service.  ''Health care corporation'', a nonprofit hospital service corporation organized pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six A, a nonprofit medical service corporation organized pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six B, a medical service corporation organized pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six C, a dental service corporation organized pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six E, an optometric service plan organized pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six F, and a health maintenance organization organized pursuant to chapter one hundred and seventy-six G.  ''Health care insurer'', any insurance company authorized to provide health insurance in this state or any legal entity which is self-insured and providing health care benefits to its employees.  ''Person'', an individual, corporation, partnership, association, or any other legal entity.
MA Gen L ch 175h § 2 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175h - False Health Care Claims|Section 2 - False Statements on Applications for Coverage and Claims; Failure to Disclose

Section 2. Any person who (1) knowingly and willfully makes or causes to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact in any application for a payment of a health care benefit; or (2) knowingly and willfully presents or causes to be presented an application for a health care benefit containing any false statement or representation of a material fact; or (3) knowingly and willfully makes or causes to be made any false statement or representation of a material fact for use in determining rights to a health care benefit, including whether goods or services were medically necessary in accordance with professionally accepted standards; or (4) having knowledge of the occurrence of any event affecting his initial or continued right to any health care benefit, conceals or fails to disclose such an event with an intent to fraudulently secure such benefit either in a greater amount than is due or when no such benefit is due; or (5) having knowledge of the occurrence of any event affecting the health care benefit of any other individual in whose behalf he has made or presented an application for such benefit, or in whose behalf he is receiving any health care benefit, conceals or fails to disclose such an event with an intent to fraudulently secure such benefit either in a greater amount than is due or when no such benefit is due, shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars, or by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years or in the state prison for not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and may be held liable in a civil action under section seven. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a person who is not a provider of services for which a health care benefit may be paid shall not be subject to prosecution hereunder for any statement or representation which such person makes without fraudulent intent.
MA Gen L ch 175h § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175h - False Health Care Claims|Section 4 - Criminal Proceedings

Section 4. Any criminal proceeding brought under this chapter may be filed in the district, municipal or superior courts of Suffolk county.
MA Gen L ch 175h § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175h - False Health Care Claims|Section 5 - Investigation and Proceedings by Attorney General

Section 5. The attorney general may conduct an investigation of an alleged violation of this chapter and may commence a proceeding pursuant to section four.
MA Gen L ch 175h § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175h - False Health Care Claims|Section 6 - Liability for False Claims; Civil Proceedings

Section 6. A person who receives a health care benefit or payment from a health care corporation or health care insurer which such person knows that he or she is not entitled to receive or be paid, or a person who knowingly presents or causes to be presented with fraudulent intent a claim which contains a false statement, shall be liable to the health care corporation or health care insurer for the full amount of the benefit or payment made, and for reasonable attorneys fees and costs, inclusive of costs of investigation.  A health care corporation or health care insurer may bring a civil action under this chapter in the superior court department of the trial court.
MA Gen L ch 175h § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175h - False Health Care Claims|Section 7 - Restitution; Attorneys Fees, Costs

Section 7. Any person convicted of a violation of sections two or three, in addition to any fines or sentences imposed, including any order of probation, shall be ordered to make restitution to a health care corporation or health care insurer for the full amount of the benefit or payment made, and for reasonable attorneys fees and costs, inclusive of costs of investigation.
MA Gen L ch 175h § 8 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175h - False Health Care Claims|Section 8 - Remedies

Section 8. The remedies provided for in this chapter are in addition to any other remedies provided by law.
MA Gen L ch 175i § 1 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175i - Insurance Information and Privacy Protection|Section 1 - Application of Chapter

Section 1. (a) The obligations imposed by this chapter shall apply to an insurance institution, insurance representative or insurance-support organization which in the case of life, health and disability insurance:  (1) collects, receives or maintains information in connection with an insurance transaction which pertains to a natural person who is a resident of the commonwealth; or  (2) engages in an insurance transaction with an applicant, individual or policyholder who is a resident of the commonwealth.  (b) In the case of life, health or disability insurance, the rights granted by this chapter shall extend to the following residents of the commonwealth:  (1) natural persons who are the subject of information collected, received or maintained in connection with insurance transactions; and  (2) applicants, individuals or policyholders who engage in or seek to engage in insurance transactions.  (c) For purposes of this section, a person shall be considered a resident of the commonwealth if such person's last known mailing address, as shown in the records of the insurance institution, insurance representative or insurance-support organization, is located in the commonwealth.
MA Gen L ch 175i § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175i - Insurance Information and Privacy Protection|Section 3 - Pretext Interviews; Use

Section 3. No insurance institution, insurance representative, or insurance-support organization shall use or authorize the use of pretext interviews to obtain information in connection with an insurance transaction; provided, however, that a pretext interview may be undertaken to obtain information from a person or institution that does not have a generally or statutorily recognized privileged relationship with the person about whom the information relates for the purpose of investigating a claim where, based upon specific information available for review by the commissioner, there is a reasonable basis for suspecting criminal activity, fraud or material misrepresentation in connection with the claim.
MA Gen L ch 175i § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175i - Insurance Information and Privacy Protection|Section 5 - Questions to Obtain Marketing or Research Information; Disclosure

Section 5. An insurance institution or insurance representative shall clearly specify questions designed to obtain information solely for marketing or research purposes from an individual in connection with an insurance transaction.
MA Gen L ch 175i § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175i - Insurance Information and Privacy Protection|Section 6 - Disclosure Authorization Form; Contents

Section 6. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, no insurance institution, insurance representative or insurance-support organization may utilize as its disclosure authorization form in connection with insurance transactions a form or statement which authorizes the disclosure of personal or privileged information about an individual to the insurance institution, insurance representative or insurance-support organization unless the form or statement:  (1) is written in plain language;  (2) is dated;  (3) specifies the types of persons authorized to disclose information about the individual;  (4) specifies the nature of the information authorized to be disclosed;  (5) names the insurance institution or insurance representative and identifies by generic reference the representative of the insurance institution to whom the individual is authorizing information to be disclosed;  (6) specifies the purposes for which the information is collected;  (7) specifies the length of time such authorization shall remain valid, which shall be no longer than:  (A) in the case of authorizations signed for the purpose of collecting information in connection with an application for an insurance policy, a policy reinstatement or a request for change in policy benefits, thirty months from the date the authorization is signed; or  (B) in the case of authorizations signed for the purpose of collecting information in connection with a claim for benefits under an insurance policy:  (i) the term of coverage of the policy if the claim is for a health insurance benefit; or  (ii) the duration of the claim if the claim is not for a health insurance benefit; and  (8) advises the individual or a person authorized to act on behalf of such individual that such individual or the individual's authorized representative is entitled to receive a copy of the authorization form.
MA Gen L ch 175i § 7 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175i - Insurance Information and Privacy Protection|Section 7 - Investigative Consumer Report; Personal Interview; Prohibited Information

Section 7. (a) No insurance institution, insurance representative or insurance-support organization may prepare or request an investigative consumer report about an individual in connection with an insurance transaction involving an application for insurance, a policy renewal, a policy reinstatement or a change in insurance benefits unless the insurance institution or insurance representative informs the individual:  (1) that each individual may request to be interviewed in connection with the preparation of the investigative consumer report; and  (2) that upon a request pursuant to section eight, such individual is entitled to receive a copy of the investigative consumer report.  (b) If an investigative consumer report is to be prepared by an insurance institution or insurance representative, such insurance institution or insurance representative shall institute reasonable procedures to conduct a personal interview requested by an individual.  (c) If an investigative consumer report is to be prepared by an insurance-support organization, the insurance institution or insurance representative desiring such report shall inform the insurance-support organization whether a personal interview has been requested by the individual. The insurance-support organization shall institute reasonable procedures to conduct such reviews, if requested.  (d) No investigative consumer report shall contain any information designed to determine the sexual orientation of an applicant, proposed insured, policyholder, beneficiary or any other person, or for such persons, information relating to counseling for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) or AIDS–related Complex (ARC) as defined by the Centers for Disease Control of the United States Public Health Service. For purposes of this subsection, ''counseling'' shall not mean diagnosis of or treatment for AIDS or ARC.
MA Gen L ch 175i § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175i - Insurance Information and Privacy Protection|Section 11 - Prior Adverse Underwriting Decisions; Requests for Information by Insurance Organizations

Section 11. No insurance institution, insurance representative or insurance-support organization may seek information in connection with an insurance transaction concerning any previous adverse underwriting decision experienced by an individual unless such inquiry also requests the reasons for any previous adverse underwriting decision.
MA Gen L ch 175i § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175i - Insurance Information and Privacy Protection|Section 12 - Adverse Underwriting Decision; Basis

Section 12. No insurance institution or insurance representative may base an adverse underwriting decision in whole or in part:  (1) on the fact of a previous adverse underwriting decision or on the fact that an individual previously obtained insurance coverage through a residual market mechanism; provided, however, that an insurance institution or insurance representative may base an adverse underwriting decision on further information obtained from an insurance institution or insurance representative responsible for a previous adverse underwriting decision;  (2) on personal information received from an insurance-support organization whose primary source of information is insurance institutions; provided, however, that an insurance institution or insurance representative may base an adverse underwriting decision on further personal information obtained as the result of information received from such insurance-support organization; or  (3) on the basis of sexual orientation; provided, however, that neither the national origin, marital status, lifestyle or living arrangements, occupation, gender, medical history, beneficiary designation, nor zip code or other territorial classification of the applicant may be used to establish, or aid in establishing, the applicant's sexual orientation.
MA Gen L ch 175i § 14 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title XXII - Corporations|Chapter 175i - Insurance Information and Privacy Protection|Section 14 - Investigations

Section 14. (a) The commissioner shall have power to examine and investigate into the affairs of every insurance institution or insurance representative doing business in the commonwealth to determine whether such insurance institution or insurance representative has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of this chapter.  (b) The commissioner shall have the power to examine and investigate into the affairs of every insurance-support organization acting on behalf of an insurance institution or insurance representative which either transacts business in the commonwealth or transacts business outside the commonwealth that has an effect on a person residing in the commonwealth in order to determine whether such insurance-support organization has been or is engaged in any conduct in violation of this chapter.