Mass. Gen. Laws » Part I Title XVII Chapter 118E
Massachusetts General Laws

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 118E, § 16C (2026)

Child health insurance program; medical benefits; eligibility

✓ current as of July 2026
Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section MAmalegislature.gov (official) JustiaChapter on Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Section 16C. (1) There is hereby established the child health insurance program, which shall provide medical assistance or medical benefits to infants, children and adolescents to age 18, inclusive, whose financial eligibility as determined by the division does not exceed 300 per cent of the federal poverty level, pursuant to and in conformity with the provisions of Title XXI, the terms and conditions of the demonstration project authorized by section 9A of this chapter, or a combination thereof.

(2) Medical benefits under said program shall be available to all such infants, children and adolescents qualifying for enrollment in said program pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) of subsection (2) of said section 9A. To the extent authorized by federal law or by the terms and conditions of the demonstration project authorized pursuant to said section 9A, the division is hereby authorized to grant presumptive eligibility for up to 60 days to children and adolescents applying for enrollment in said program. The division may deny eligibility for medical benefits under said program pursuant to the provisions of subsection (3) of said section 9A.

(3) The amount, duration and scope of medical benefits provided under said program for eligible beneficiaries whose financial eligibility, as determined by the division exceeds 133 per cent of the federal poverty level but does not exceed 300 per cent of the federal poverty level, shall be established by the division; provided however, that medical benefits provided under said program shall be both consistent with the benefit levels required under the provisions of said Title XXI and comparable to the benefit levels offered under private insurance plans, shall include early and periodic screening, diagnostic and preventive services and shall include other medical services to the extent that such services are covered medical benefits under said plan.

(4) Eligibility for and the medical benefits provided under said program shall not give rise nor be construed as giving rise to enforceable legal rights for any party or an enforceable entitlement to such eligibility or medical benefits other than to the extent that such rights or entitlements exist pursuant to the regulations of the division, the terms and conditions of the demonstration project established in said section 9A or this section. The provisions of this section shall not establish any rights or entitlements that exceed the rights or entitlements established by Title XIX in the absence of this program or impose any obligations upon the commonwealth's administration or financing because of implementation of said program would exceed obligations established by Title XIX.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2010–2023 · leading case: Provencal v. Commonwealth Health Ins. Connector Auth., 924 N.E.2d 689 (Mass. 2010).
Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment
Provencal v. Commonwealth Health Ins. Connector Auth., 924 N.E.2d 689 (Mass. 2010). “l be eligible to participate in the program if: "(1) an individual's or family's household income does not exceed 300 per cent of the federal poverty level; "(2) the individual has been a resident of the commonwealth for the previous 6 months; "(3) the individual is not eligible…”
Provencal v. Commonwealth Health Ins. Connector Auth., 456 Mass. 506 (Mass. 2010). “l be eligible to participate in the program if: “(1) an individual’s or family’s household income does not exceed 300 per cent of the federal poverty level; “(2) the individual has been a resident of the commonwealth for the previous 6 months; “(3) the individual is not eligible…”
In the Matter of the Est. of Mason (Mass. 2023). “See HHS Policy Brief No. 5, at 7 ("in Massachusetts a lien is only filed while the member is still alive" and is "never placed .”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.