Section 14: Medical Care Advisory Committee
Requires the Office of Medicaid to submit a report to the legislature on the previous year's activities of the Medical Care Advisory Committee.
Requires the Office of Medicaid to submit a report to the legislature on the previous year's activities of the Medical Care Advisory Committee.
Establishes the procedure for implementation of the individual mandate. Qualifying individuals for whom "creditable coverage" is deemed affordable must have "creditable coverage" in place. Individuals must include information about health insurance status on their tax forms. Failure to meet the insurance requirement will result in a penalty, assessed by the department of revenue. All penalties will be deposited in the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund that will contribute to state subsidies for the Commonwealth Care program. • Creates a penalty for non-compliance with the individual mandate as equal to 50% of the lowest premium available for each month the individual did not have creditable insurance, as determined by the Connector.
Authorizes the commissioner of revenue to establish regulations to carry out the individual mandate.
Individuals may appeal an adverse decision of eligibility or affordability through an appeals process established by the Connector.
Establishes an exemption from the individual mandate for individuals whose religious beliefs prevent them from using medical health care.
Chapter 111M provides for the individual mandate to have health insurance coverage. Section 1 provides definitions of "creditable coverage," which also provides that the board of the Connector has authority to further determine "minimum creditable coverage" standards for individual and group health plans; and defines "resident" for purposes of the individual mandate.
Establishes a pediatric palliative care program, administered by the Department of Public Health, to serve children, and the families of children, with life-threatening illnesses.
Changes current tax law definition of "Code" so that it includes section 223 of the Internal Revenue Code, which creates a deduction for health savings accounts.
Allows staff of the Connector to receive pension benefits.
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