An Act establishing the Honorable Peter V. Kocot Act to enhance access to high quality, affordable and transparent healthcare in the Commonwealth

Reported by House Committee on Ways and Means · 190th General Court · the legislature's own page

H4617 · Bill

40 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

Date	Branch	Action
2018-06-14	House	Reported from the committee on House Ways and Means
2018-06-14	House	Pending new draft of H4605
2018-06-19	House	New draft of H4605
2018-06-19	House	Ordered to a third reading
2018-06-19	House	Rules suspended
2018-06-19	House	Point of order NOT well taken
2018-06-19	House	Read third
2018-06-19	House	Decision of the Chair sustained - 116 YEAS to 34 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 373)
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 28 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 29 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 97 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 45 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 146 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 24 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 1 rejected - 49 YEAS to 100 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 374)
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 118 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 119 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 94 adopted, as changed
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 106 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 103 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 89 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 162 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 172 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 173 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 156 adopted, as changed
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 6 adopted, as changed
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 54 adopted, as changed
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 55 adopted, as changed
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 95 adopted, as changed
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 56 adopted, as changed
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 133 adopted, as changed
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 69 rejected
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 140 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 150 rejected
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 125 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Rule 1A suspended - 115 YEAS to 34 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 375)
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 151 adopted, as changed
2018-06-19	House	Amendment 174 adopted
2018-06-19	House	Passed to be engrossed - 117 YEAS to 32 NAYS (See YEA and NAY in Supplement, No. 376)
2018-06-19	House	Published as amended, see H4639

3 recorded votes

When	Chamber	Roll call	Question	Tally
2018-06-19 13:52	House	No. 373	"Shall decision of the Chair stand?"	115–34
2018-06-19 17:31	House	No. 374	On adoption of amendment #1	49–100
2018-06-19 23:06	House	No. 376	On Engrossment	117–32

174 amendments filed

144 withdrawn · 19 adopted · 8 adopted, as changed · 3 rejected

No.	Title	Moved by	Outcome
House 1	Informed Consent for Concurrent Surgical Procedures	Cory Atkins	Rejected
House 2	Robotic Surgery Commission	Jay R. Kaufman	Withdrawn
House 3	Formulary Posting	Jennifer E. Benson	Withdrawn
House 4	Diabetes Prevention	Jennifer E. Benson	Withdrawn
House 5	Same Day Drug Screens and Tests	Paul Tucker	Withdrawn
House 6	Relative to Certain Genetically Targeted Drug Coverage for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy	John J. Lawn, Jr.	Adopted, as Changed
House 7	GIC Diabetes Prevention Program	Daniel Cullinane	Withdrawn
House 8	GIC Composition	Daniel Cullinane	Withdrawn
House 9	Reduce Healthcare Costs through Improved Medication Management	Jennifer E. Benson	Withdrawn
House 10	Ensuring essential health services in our community hospitals	Natalie Higgins	Withdrawn
House 11	Improving students’ access to life saving treatments	Louis L. Kafka	Withdrawn
House 12	Availability of prescription medication during an emergency	Louis L. Kafka	Withdrawn
House 13	Mastectomies	Louis L. Kafka	Withdrawn
House 14	Providing of mammograms	Louis L. Kafka	Withdrawn
House 15	Insurance coverage for mammograms and breast cancer screening	Louis L. Kafka	Withdrawn
House 16	Colorectal cancer screenings	Louis L. Kafka	Withdrawn
House 17	Treatment of infantile cataracts	Louis L. Kafka	Withdrawn
House 18	Continuous skilled care of fragile children	Louis L. Kafka	Withdrawn
House 19	Statewide Advisory Committee Amendment	Josh S. Cutler	Withdrawn
House 20	Prenatal Screenings	Danielle W. Gregoire	Withdrawn
House 21	Relative to Basic Health Services for Residents of Assisted Living Facilities	Danielle W. Gregoire	Withdrawn
House 22	AMENDMENT TO RESTORE THE PHYSICIAN OFFICE EXEMPTION AND ELIMINATE THE ASC TAX	William C. Galvin	Withdrawn
House 23	AMENDMENT TO ELIMINATE THE PROVIDER TAX ON PHYSICIANS/LICENSING FEE INCREASE	William C. Galvin	Withdrawn
House 24	Limiting Retroactive Denials	James J. O'Day	Adopted
House 25	Data Exempt from Disclosure	John J. Lawn, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 26	Relative to the Governance of the Health Policy Commission	Kay Khan	Withdrawn
House 27	Home and Community Based Services	Danielle W. Gregoire	Withdrawn
House 28	Residents of Nursing Homes Enrollment	Thomas A. Golden, Jr.	Adopted
House 29	Protecting Medicare Benefits	Thomas A. Golden, Jr.	Adopted
House 30	Provisions relating to out-of-network providers do not apply to ambulance services	Thomas A. Golden, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 31	Vulnerable Populations Cost Trends Report	David M. Nangle	Withdrawn
House 32	Public Health Council	Jonathan D. Zlotnik	Withdrawn
House 33	Mental Health Evaluation	Michael J. Moran	Withdrawn
House 34	Telemedicine	Jennifer E. Benson	Withdrawn
House 35	Clarifying Mandatory Overtime Requirements	Paul W. Mark	Withdrawn
House 36	Healthy Incentives Program	Paul W. Mark	Withdrawn
House 37	Volunteer Ambulance Service	Paul W. Mark	Withdrawn
House 38	Facility Fees	Jennifer E. Benson	Withdrawn
House 39	Foodstream Study Commission	Ruth B. Balser	Withdrawn
House 40	Transparency of Mental Health Benefits	Ruth B. Balser	Withdrawn
House 41	Improve Access to Family Physicians	Kate Hogan	Withdrawn
House 42	Nursing Home Reimbursement Rates	Sarah K. Peake	Withdrawn
House 43	Access to Psychological Services	Ruth B. Balser	Withdrawn
House 44	Psychiatric Hospitals	Denise C. Garlick	Withdrawn
House 45	Hospice and palliative care services	Kate Hogan	Adopted
House 46	Demonstration Project for Diabetes Prevention Program	Frank A. Moran	Withdrawn
House 47	Coverage for School Nurses	Denise C. Garlick	Withdrawn
House 48	Nursing Home Care	Denise C. Garlick	Withdrawn
House 49	Quality Measurement Alignment	Denise C. Garlick	Adopted
House 50	Tax Credits for Eligible Family Caregivers	William L. Crocker, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 51	Prohibiting online tobacco sales and taxing e-cigarettes	Jay R. Kaufman	Withdrawn
House 52	Health Impacts of Energy Emissions	Jonathan Hecht	Withdrawn
House 53	Ensuring Patient Adherence to Medications	Gerard Cassidy	Withdrawn
House 54	Clarifying the Average In Network Insurance Formula	Gerard Cassidy	Adopted, as Changed
House 55	Improving Notice Provisions for Out of Network Billing	Gerard Cassidy	Adopted, as Changed
House 56	Amending the Enforcement of Out of Network Billing Provisions	Gerard Cassidy	Adopted, as Changed
House 57	Health Planning Council	Gerard Cassidy	Withdrawn
House 58	Commission on Administrative Costs	Daniel M. Donahue	Withdrawn
House 59	DSH Payment	Michael J. Finn	Withdrawn
House 60	Risk Based Capital	Michael J. Finn	Withdrawn
House 61	Out of Network Services	Michael J. Finn	Withdrawn
House 62	Regulations concerning health care licensure boards under DPH	Daniel M. Donahue	Withdrawn
House 63	QHP Amendment	Daniel J. Ryan	Withdrawn
House 64	ICU Patient Limit	Denise C. Garlick	Withdrawn
House 65	Workplace Care	Edward F. Coppinger	Withdrawn
House 66	Expanding coverage of dental procedures	Paul McMurtry	Withdrawn
House 67	Protecting Local Retirees	Michael S. Day	Withdrawn
House 68	Benzodiazepines and non-benzodiazepine hypnotics	Paul McMurtry	Withdrawn
House 69	Eliminating the sales tax on non-prescription drugs	Geoff Diehl	Rejected
House 70	Regarding Enteral Formulas for Home Use	Sean Garballey	Withdrawn
House 71	Out-of Network Provider Rates	Kevin G. Honan	Withdrawn
House 72	Continuity of Care	Sean Garballey	Withdrawn
House 73	Composition of Emergency Task Force	Sean Garballey	Withdrawn
House 74	Specialty Clinics	Tackey Chan	Withdrawn
House 75	Prevention and Wellness Trust Fund	Daniel J. Ryan	Withdrawn
House 76	Nursing Home Audit	Sean Garballey	Withdrawn
House 77	Autism Teams in Hospitals	Sean Garballey	Withdrawn
House 78	Title XXI	Sean Garballey	Withdrawn
House 79	Non-Medical Switching	Michael S. Day	Withdrawn
House 80	Housing Security Task Force	Kevin G. Honan	Withdrawn
House 81	Provisions relating to out-of-network providers do not apply to ambulance services	Thomas A. Golden, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 82	Healthy Vending Machines on State Property	Stephen Kulik	Withdrawn
House 83	Federal Trade Commission Input	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 84	Study Emergency Room Copayments	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 85	Treatment of Glaucoma	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 86	Readmissions Reduction Benchmark	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 87	Center for Health Information and Analysis Study -- Implementation	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 88	Health Care as a Right	Dylan Fernandes	Withdrawn
House 89	Center for Health Information and Analysis Responsibilities	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Adopted
House 90	Health Insurance Responsibility Disclosure	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 91	FAIR Health Database	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 92	HEDIS Amendment	Christine P. Barber	Withdrawn
House 93	Center for Health Information and Analysis Report	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Withdrawn
House 94	Health Policy Commission Reporting Deadline	Bradley H. Jones, Jr.	Adopted, as Changed
House 95	Health Equity	Dylan Fernandes	Adopted, as Changed
House 96	Title XXI	Sean Garballey	Withdrawn
House 97	Amendment to Section 102	William C. Galvin	Adopted
House 98	Scope of Practice	Paul J. Donato	Withdrawn
House 99	$10,000 Basic Life Insurance for State Retirees & Employees	Daniel Cahill	Withdrawn
House 100	Administrative Costs Commission Membership	Michael J. Moran	Withdrawn
House 101	Data Collection Amendment	Daniel Cahill	Withdrawn
House 102	Disproportionate Share Hospital Payment	Michael J. Finn	Withdrawn
House 103	Incentivizing ACO Contracting with High-Value Providers	Daniel Cahill	Adopted
House 104	Physical Therapist Assistants	Daniel Cahill	Withdrawn
House 105	Data Collection for Social Determinants of Health Screening (SDOH) and Intervention for MassHealth ACOs	Chynah Tyler	Withdrawn
House 106	Proper Accounting of Research Expenses	Jay D. Livingstone	Adopted
House 107	Independent Nonprofit Manufacturing Companies	Alice Hanlon Peisch	Withdrawn
House 108	Clarifying Comparable Healthcare Coverage	Keiko M. Orrall	Withdrawn
House 109	Cognitive Health	James M. Murphy	Withdrawn
House 110	Study into the long-term developmental and health effects of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS)	Mathew Muratore	Withdrawn
House 111	Telemedicine and Prescriptions	Paul Brodeur	Withdrawn
House 112	Direct-to-consumer advertising	Andres X. Vargas	Withdrawn
House 113	Telemedicine and the Patient-Provider Relationship	Paul Brodeur	Withdrawn
House 114	Workforce Engagement	Paul Brodeur	Withdrawn
House 115	Maximum allowable drug cost	Paul McMurtry	Withdrawn
House 116	Surcharge Payors Pass Through Prohibition	Jay R. Kaufman	Withdrawn
House 117	Pharmacist License Fee	Paul McMurtry	Withdrawn
House 118	Increasing Consumer Transparency about Insurance Provider Networks	Christine P. Barber	Adopted
House 119	Dependent Coverage for Disabled Adults	Christine P. Barber	Adopted
House 120	Biosimilar Applications	Daniel Cahill	Withdrawn

Showing 120 of 174. An amendment marked consolidated was folded into a consolidated amendment, which under House Rule 33F cannot be adopted except by a roll call.

Committee actions

Action	Committee
Correctly Drawn	Bills in the Third Reading (H)

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.