Section 228 – Allowed Amount; Advance Disclosure of Allowed Amount or Charge for Admission, Procedure or Service; Referrals; Nonparticipation in Plan; Penalties
Section 228. (a) As used in this section “allowed amount”, shall mean the contractually agreed-upon maximum amount paid by a carrier to a health care provider for a health care service provided to an insured. (b) (1) Upon scheduling an admission, procedure or service for a patient or prospective patient for a condition that is […]
Section 229 – Distribution of Information Regarding Benefits of Annual Immunization Against Influenza for Children
Section 229. (a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations requiring all elementary and secondary schools and all providers of early education to distribute to the parent or guardian of a child in its care information regarding the benefits of annual immunization against influenza for children 6 months of age to 18 years of age. This information […]
Section 230 – Folic Acid Awareness Initiative
Section 230. The department shall administer a folic acid awareness initiative to increase public awareness of and education on the importance of folic acid to patients, families and health care providers. As part of the initiative, the department shall consider efforts to ensure that women receive the following daily recommended dosage levels of folic acid […]
Section 231 – Limitation on Patient Assignments per Nurse in Intensive Care Units; Development and Certification of Acuity Tool
Section 231. For the purposes of this section, the term ”intensive care units” shall have the same meaning as defined in 105 CMR 130.020 and shall include intensive care units within a hospital operated by the commonwealth. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, in all intensive care units the patient assignment for […]
Section 232 – Collection, Recording and Analyzation of Data on Suicides in the Commonwealth; Annual Report
Section 232. The department, in consultation with the executive office of public safety and security shall, subject to appropriation, collect, record and analyze data on all suicides in the commonwealth. Data collected for each incident shall include, to the extent possible and with respect to all applicable privacy protection laws, the following: (i) the means […]
Section 233 – Palliative Care and Quality of Life Interdisciplinary Advisory Council
Section 233. (a) As used in sections 233 and 234 the following word shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meaning: ”Palliative care”, patient and family-centered medical care that optimizes quality of life by anticipating, preventing, and treating the suffering caused by a medical illness or physical injury that substantially impacts a […]
Section 234 – Palliative Care Consumer and Professional Information and Education Program
Section 234. Subject to appropriation, there shall be a statewide palliative care consumer and professional information and education program within the department. The program shall work to maximize the effectiveness of palliative care initiatives in the commonwealth by making comprehensive and accurate information and education about palliative care available to the public, health care providers […]
Section 235 – Surgical Technologists; Standards and Requisites for Employment; Waiver
Section 235. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ”Health care practitioner”, a person licensed or registered under section 2, 16, 74 or 74A of chapter 112 who conducts or assists with the performance of surgery; provided, however, that ”health care […]
Section 236 – Nondiscrimination in Access to Organ Transplantation
[Text of section added by 2016, 328. See also, Section 236 added by 2016, 332, Sec. 1 effective, below.] Section 236. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:— ”Auxiliary aids and services”, auxiliary aids and services as defined in the Americans with […]
Section 237 – Analysis of Population Health Trends; Opiate Overdoses
Section 237. The commissioner shall collect, record and analyze data, and shall assemble and maintain data systems, necessary to analyze population health trends. The commissioner shall give priority to analyzing fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses. The commissioner may identify and determine additional priorities for the reduction of morbidity and mortality. Notwithstanding section 74 of chapter […]