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MA Gen L ch 6c § 74 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 74 - Repair or Rehabilitation of Certain Signs or Markers Abutting Highway or Turnpike Projects

Section 74. The department shall require that a contract for the construction, maintenance, repair, reconstruction, improvement or rehabilitation of the metropolitan highway system, the state highway system or the turnpike shall include the repair or rehabilitation of any sign or marker erected pursuant to chapter 10 of the resolves of 1930 that is abutting such project.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 75 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 75 - Contracts With Fuel Providers to Provide for the Consumption of Alternative Fuel

Section 75. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, the department shall not enter into, renew or renegotiate any contract providing for fuel services on service stations on the turnpike without the contract requiring the fuel provider to provide for the consumption of alternative fuel, as defined in section 1 of chapter 90.
MA Gen L ch 6c § 76 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6c - Massachusetts Department of Transportation|Section 76 - Removal and Storage of Vehicle Left Unattended at State-Owned Park and Ride Facility

Section 76. An operator of a state-owned park and ride facility may cause the removal and storage of a motor vehicle that has been left unattended within a state-owned park and ride facility for more than 21 days.  The department shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to implement this section.
MA Gen L ch 6d § 2a (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6d - Health Policy Commission|Section 2a - Confidentiality of Nonpublic Clinical, Financial, Strategic or Operational Documents

Section 2A. The commission shall keep confidential all nonpublic clinical, financial, strategic or operational documents or information provided or reported to the commission in connection with any care delivery or quality improvement process or performance improvement plan activities authorized under section 7, 10, 14 or 15 of this chapter or under section 2GGGG of chapter 29 and shall not disclose the information or documents to any person without the consent of the payer or provider providing or reporting the information or documents under said section 7, 10, 14 or 15 of this chapter or under said section 2GGGG of said chapter 29, except in summary form in evaluative reports of such activities or when the commission believes that such disclosure should be made in the public interest after taking into account any privacy, trade secret or anticompetitive 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 6d § 3 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6d - Health Policy Commission|Section 3 - Board Powers and Duties

Section 3. For the purposes of this chapter, the board shall be authorized and empowered as follows:  (a) to develop a plan of operation for the commission. The plan of operation shall include, but not be limited to:  (1) implementation of procedures for operations of the commission; and  (2) implementation of procedures for communications with the executive director;  (b) to make, amend and repeal rules and regulations for the management of its affairs;  (c) to make contracts and execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on of its business;  (d) to acquire, own, hold, dispose of and encumber personal property and to lease real property in the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties;  (e) to seek and receive any grant funding from the federal government, departments or agencies of the commonwealth, and private foundations;  (f) to enter into and execute instruments in connection with agreements or transactions with any federal, state or municipal agency or other public institution or with any private individual, partnership, firm, corporation, association or other entity, including contracts with professional service firms as may be necessary in its judgment, and to fix their compensation;  (g) to maintain a prudent level of reserve funds to protect the solvency of any trust funds under the operation and control of the commission;  (h) to enter into interdepartmental agreements with any other state agencies the board considers necessary to implement this chapter.  (i) to adopt an official seal and alter the same;  (j) to sue and be sued in its own name, plead and be impleaded;  (k) to establish lines of credit, and establish 1 or more cash and investment accounts to receive payments for services rendered, appropriations from the commonwealth and for all other business activity granted by this chapter except to the extent otherwise limited by any applicable provision of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974; and  (l) to approve the use of its trademarks, brand names, seals, logos and similar instruments by participating carriers, employers or organizations.
MA Gen L ch 6d § 4 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6d - Health Policy Commission|Section 4 - Advisory Council

Section 4. There shall be an advisory council to the commission. The council shall advise on the overall operation and policy of the commission. The council shall be chosen by the executive director and shall reflect a broad distribution of diverse perspectives on the health care system, including health care professionals, educational institutions, consumer representatives, medical device manufacturers, representatives of the biotechnology industry, pharmaceutical manufacturers, providers, provider organizations, labor organizations and public and private payers.
MA Gen L ch 6d § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6d - Health Policy Commission|Section 5 - Monitoring of Health Care Delivery and Payment System

Section 5. The commission shall monitor the reform of the health care delivery and payment system in the commonwealth under this chapter. The commission shall: (i) set health care cost growth goals for the commonwealth; (ii) enhance the transparency of provider organizations; (iii) monitor the development of ACOs and patient-centered medical homes; (iv) monitor the adoption of alternative payment methodologies; (v) foster innovative health care delivery and payment models that lower health care cost growth while improving the quality of patient care; (vi) monitor and review the impact of changes within the health care marketplace and (vii) protect patient access to necessary health care services. The commission shall establish goals that are intended to reduce health care disparities in racial, ethnic and disabled communities and in doing so shall seek to incorporate the recommendations of the health disparities council and the office of health equity.
MA Gen L ch 6d § 6 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6d - Health Policy Commission|Section 6 - Payment by Acute Hospital, Ambulatory Surgical Center or Surcharge Payor for Estimated Expenses of Commission

Section 6. Each acute hospital, ambulatory surgical center and surcharge payor shall pay to the commonwealth an amount for the estimated expenses of the commission.  The assessed amount for hospitals and ambulatory surgical centers shall be not less than 33 per cent of the amount appropriated by the general court for the expenses of the commission minus amounts collected from: (i) filing fees; (ii) fees and charges generated by the commission; and (iii) federal matching revenues received for these expenses or received retroactively for expenses of predecessor agencies. Each acute hospital and ambulatory surgical center shall pay such assessed amount multiplied by the ratio of the hospital's or ambulatory surgical center's gross patient service revenues to the total of all such hospital's and ambulatory surgical center's gross patient services revenues. Each acute hospital and ambulatory surgical center shall make a preliminary payment to the commission on October 1 of each year in an amount equal to .5 of the previous year's total assessment. Thereafter, each hospital and ambulatory surgical center shall pay, within 30 days notice from the commission, the balance of the total assessment for the current year based upon its most current projected gross patient service revenue. The commission shall subsequently adjust the assessment for any variation in actual and estimated expenses of the commission and for changes in hospital or ambulatory surgical center gross patient service revenue. Such estimated and actual expenses shall include an amount equal to the cost of fringe benefits and indirect expenses, as established by the comptroller under section 5D of chapter 29. In the event of late payment by any such hospital or ambulatory surgical center, the treasurer shall advance the amount of due and unpaid funds to the commission prior to the receipt of such monies in anticipation of such revenues up to the amount authorized in the then current budget attributable to such assessments and the commission shall reimburse the treasurer for such advances upon receipt of such revenues. This section shall not apply to any state institution or to any acute hospital which is operated by a city or town.  The assessed amount for surcharge payors shall be not less than 33 per cent of the amount appropriated by the general court for the expenses of the commission minus amounts collected from (i) filing fees; (ii) fees and charges generated by the commission's publication or dissemination of reports and information; and (iii) federal matching revenues received for these expenses or received retroactively for expenses of predecessor agencies. The assessment on surcharge payors shall be calculated and collected in the same manner as the assessment authorized under section 68 of chapter 118E.
MA Gen L ch 6d § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6d - Health Policy Commission|Section 11 - Registration Program for Provider Organizations; Division of Insurance Risk Certificate

Section 11. (a) The commission shall develop and administer a registration program for provider organizations. A provider organization shall be registered for a term of 2 years and renewable under like terms. The commission shall coordinate with state agencies including, but not limited to, the center, the division of insurance, the executive office of health and human services, the office of Medicaid and the department of public health to minimize duplicative reporting requirements. The commission may enter interagency service agreements to perform these functions including but not limited to the sharing of data collected. The commission, in consultation with the center, shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to ensure the uniform reporting of data collected under this section.  (b) The commission shall require that all provider organizations report the following information for registration and renewal: (i) organizational charts showing the ownership, governance and operational structure of the provider organization, including any clinical affiliations, parent entities, corporate affiliates, and community advisory boards; (ii) the number of affiliated health care professional full-time equivalents and the number of professionals affiliated with or employed by the organization; (iii) the name and address of licensed facilities; and (iv) such other information as the commission considers appropriate.  (c) Upon receiving an application for registration, the commission may, within 30 days, require an applicant to provide additional information to complete or supplement the filing. The commission shall determine whether an application is complete within 45 days of receipt of the application and any supplementary information. The commission shall provide the applicant with a written notice that provider organization's registration is complete and provide a copy of the completed registration materials to the division of insurance. The commission may assess a reasonable registration or administrative fee on the registration of provider organizations to support the commission's operations and administration.  (d) The commission shall support the division of insurance in its review of risk-bearing provider organizations under chapter 176U and the center in its efforts to collect and analyze data. The commission shall promulgate regulations setting forth a process for provider organizations to submit proposed changes to its structure.  (e) A risk bearing provider organization shall provide the commission with a division of insurance risk certificate under chapter 176U. The commission may suspend, revoke or refuse to renew a risk-bearing provider organization's registration for failure to proffer a risk certificate.
MA Gen L ch 6d § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6d - Health Policy Commission|Section 12 - Negotiation of Network Contracts by Unregistered Provider or Provider Organization Prohibited

Section 12. (a) No provider or provider organization may negotiate network contracts with any carrier or third-party administrator except for a provider or provider organizations which are registered under this chapter and regulations promulgated under this chapter; provided, however, that nothing in this chapter shall require a provider or provider organization with a patient panel of 15,000 or fewer or which represents providers who collectively receive, less than $25,000,000 in annual net patient service revenue from carriers or third-party administrators to be registered if such provider or provider is not a risk-bearing provider organization.  (b) Nothing in this chapter shall require a carrier to negotiate a network contract with a registered provider organization or with a registered provider or provider organization for all providers that are part of, or represented by, a registered provider organization.
MA Gen L ch 6d § 17 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6d - Health Policy Commission|Section 17 - Annual Report; Audits

Section 17. The commission shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts and expenditures and shall annually make a report thereof as of the end of its fiscal year to its board, to the governor, to the general court, and to the state auditor, such reports to be in a form prescribed by the board, with the written approval of the auditor. The auditor may investigate the affairs of the commission, may severally examine the properties and records of the commission, and may prescribe methods of accounting and of rendering of periodic reports in relation to projects undertaken by the commission. The commission shall be subject to an audit by the state auditor, in accordance with generally accepted government auditing standards, once every 3 years or as often as the state auditor determines is necessary.
MA Gen L ch 6d § 18 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6d - Health Policy Commission|Section 18 - Adoption of Regulations to Implement Chapter 6d

Section 18. The commission may adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
MA Gen L ch 6d § 19 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6d - Health Policy Commission|Section 19 - Early Childhood Investment Opportunity Grant Program

[Text of section effective until July 1, 2021. Repealed by 2018, 208, Sec. 108. See 2018, 208, Sec. 109.]  Section 19. Subject to appropriation, the health policy commission, in consultation with the department of public health, shall create and administer an early childhood investment opportunity grant program for programs to support and care for families with substance exposed newborns, including the study of long-term effects of neonatal abstinence syndrome on children up to the age of 18. The program shall support a model that includes both medical services and traditionally non-reimbursed services and may support services provided in clinic settings or in-home visits. The commission shall report to the joint committee on mental health, substance use and recovery and the house and senate committees on ways and means not later than 12 months following completion of the grant program on the results of the programs and the findings of the study on the long-term effects of neonatal abstinence syndrome, including their effectiveness, efficiency, and sustainability.  [Chapter 6E added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective July 1, 2021. See 2020, 253, Sec. 122.]
MA Gen L ch 6e § 5 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6e - Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission|Section 5 - Certification of Law Enforcement Agencies

[Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective July 1, 2021. See 2020, 253, Sec. 122.]  Section 5. (a) All law enforcement agencies shall be certified by the commission.  (b) The division of police certification in consultation with the municipal police training committee established in section 116 of chapter 6, and subject to the approval of the commission, shall establish minimum certification standards for all law enforcement agencies that shall include, but shall not be limited to, the establishment and implementation of agency policies regarding: (i) use of force and reporting of use of force; (ii) officer code of conduct; (iii) officer response procedures; (iv) criminal investigation procedures; (v) juvenile operations; (vi) internal affairs and officer complaint investigation procedures; (vii) detainee transportation; and (viii) collection and preservation of evidence.  (c) An agency shall remain in compliance with the requirements of this chapter and all rules and regulations promulgated by the commission.
MA Gen L ch 6e § 11 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6e - Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission|Section 11 - Employment of Decertified Officer Prohibited

[Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective July 1, 2021. See 2020, 253, Sec. 122.]  Section 11. Neither any agency, nor a sheriff, nor the executive office of public safety nor any entity thereunder shall employ a decertified officer in any capacity, including, but not limited to, as a consultant or independent contractor.
MA Gen L ch 6e § 12 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6e - Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission|Section 12 - Retaliation for Providing Information to or Testifying Before the Commission Prohibited

[Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective July 1, 2021. See 2020, 253, Sec. 122.]  Section 12. No officer or employee of the commonwealth or of any county, city, town or district shall discharge an officer or employee, change their official rank, grade or compensation, deny a promotion or take any other adverse action against an officer or employee or threaten to take any such action for providing information to the commission or testifying in any commission proceeding.
MA Gen L ch 6e § 13 (2021)
2021 Massachusetts General Laws|Part I - Administration of the Government|Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth|Chapter 6e - Massachusetts Peace Officer Standards and Training Commission|Section 13 - Public Database of Orders Issued Pursuant to Sec. 10; Cooperation With National Decertification Index and Other Jurisdictions

[Text of section added by 2020, 253, Sec. 30 effective July 1, 2021. See 2020, 253, Sec. 122.]  Section 13. (a) The commission shall maintain a publicly available database of orders issued pursuant to section 10 on the commission's website, including, but not limited to: (i) the names of all decertified officers, the date of decertification, the officer's last appointing agency and the reason for decertification; (ii) the names of all officers who have been suspended, the beginning and end dates of suspension, the officer's appointing agency and the reason for suspension; and (iii) the names of all officers ordered to undergo retraining, the date of the retraining order, the date the retraining was completed, the type of retraining ordered, the officer's appointing agency and the reason for the retraining order.  (b) The commission shall cooperate with the national decertification index and other states and territories to ensure officers who are decertified by the commonwealth are not hired as law enforcement officers in other jurisdictions, including by providing information requested by those entities.