Section 3 (Part 1): Quality and Cost Council Definitions
Provides Health Care Quality and Cost Council - definitions of terms used in QCC statute.
Health Care Quality and Cost Council
Section 3 (Part 2): Establish Quality and Cost Council
Creates the Health Care Quality and Cost Council that will promote health care quality improvement and cost containment.
Section 3 (Part 3): Quality and Cost Council Advisory Committee
M.G.L. c. 6A, § 6J-L: Creates a Health Care Quality and Cost Council to promote health care quality improvement and cost containment.
Sections 37 & 38: Division of Health Care Finance and Policy Hearings
Amends the Division of Health Care Finance and Policy statute to include references to Health Care Quality and Cost Council and the provider and payer cost trends hearings.
Section 136: Quality and Cost Council Comparison Information Website
Requires the Health Care Quality and Cost Council comparison website to be operational by September 2007.