General Laws of Massachusetts - Chapter 176Q Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector
- Massachusetts General Laws - Definitions - Chapter 176Q, Section 1
As used in this chapter the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— “Authority”, the commonwealth health insurance connector...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Commonwealth health insurance connector authority; board; meetings; executive director - Chapter 176Q, Section 2
(a) There shall be a body politic and corporate and a public instrumentality to be known as the commonwealth health insurance connector authority, which shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Powers and duties of board - Chapter 176Q, Section 3
The purpose of the board of the connector shall be to implement the commonwealth health insurance connector. The goal of the board is to facilitate...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Health benefit plans and stand-alone vision or dental plans to be offered to eligible individuals and groups - Chapter 176Q, Section 4
(a) The connector shall only offer health benefit plans or stand-alone vision or stand-alone dental plans to eligible individuals, eligible children and eligible small groups....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Requirements for health insurance plans and stand-alone vision and dental plans offered through connector - Chapter 176Q, Section 5
(a) Only health insurance plans and stand-alone vision or stand-alone dental plans that have been authorized by the commissioner and underwritten by a carrier may...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Binding agreement as condition of participation in connector for eligible small groups - Chapter 176Q, Section 6
Eligible small groups seeking to be a participating institution shall, as a condition of participation in the connector, enter in a binding agreement with the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Administration of commonwealth care health insurance program - Chapter 176Q, Section 7
The connector shall administer the commonwealth care health insurance program, as described in chapter 118H, and remit premium assistance payments beginning on October 1, 2006...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Small group wellness incentive pilot program - Chapter 176Q, Section 7A
(a) There shall be a small group wellness incentive pilot program to expand the prevalence of employee wellness initiatives by small businesses. The program shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Interagency agreements with department of revenue - Chapter 176Q, Section 8
The connector shall enter into interagency agreements with the department of revenue to verify income data for participants in the commonwealth care health insurance program....
- Massachusetts General Laws - Health benefit plans for commonwealth employees and contractors - Chapter 176Q, Section 9
[ Text of section effective until March 17, 2014. Repealed by 2014, 52, Sec. 8.] The commonwealth, through the group insurance commission, shall enter into...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Seal of approval - Chapter 176Q, Section 10
The connector seal of approval shall be assigned to health benefit plans or stand-alone vision or stand-alone dental plans, as applicable, that the board determines:...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Enrollment in connector by producer; commission - Chapter 176Q, Section 11
When an eligible individual, eligible child or eligible small group is enrolled in the connector by a producer licensed in the commonwealth, the health plan...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Surcharge to health benefit or stand-alone vision or dental plans; reports; withdrawal of health plan from connector - Chapter 176Q, Section 12
(a) The connector may apply a surcharge to all health benefit plans or stand-alone vision or stand-alone dental plans which shall be used only to...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Expenses incurred by connector; liabilities; indemnity and reimbursement; rights and property of connector upon dissolution, etc. - Chapter 176Q, Section 13
(a) All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter shall be payable solely from funds provided under the authority of this chapter and no liability...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Accounting; audits - Chapter 176Q, Section 14
The connector shall keep an accurate account of all its activities and of all its receipts and expenditures and shall annually make a report thereof...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Study of connector and enrolled persons; written report - Chapter 176Q, Section 15
No later than 2 years after the connector begins operation and every year thereafter, the connector shall conduct a study of the connector and the...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Special commission to investigate and study role of connector - Chapter 176Q, Section 15A
There shall be a special commission to investigate and study the role of the connector in providing access to health insurance products. The commission shall...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Regulations - Chapter 176Q, Section 16
The connector may adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
- Massachusetts General Laws - Employer health insurance responsibility disclosure and employee health insurance responsibility disclosure - Chapter 176Q, Section 17
[ Text of section effective until March 17, 2014. Repealed by 2014, 52, Sec. 8.] (a) The connector shall prepare a form, to be called...
- Massachusetts General Laws - Free rider surcharges on non-providing employers - Chapter 176Q, Section 18
[ Text of section effective until March 17, 2014. Repealed by 2014, 52, Sec. 8.] (a) The authority shall, upon verification of the provision of...
Last modified: September 11, 2015