Massachusetts General Laws
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176G, § 17 (2026)
Rules and regulations; standardized claim form
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Section 17. The commissioner may promulgate rules and regulations as are necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter including but not limited to the licensing of agents, who engage in solicitation of enrollment of a health care plan.
No rule or regulation shall require any health maintenance organization or contract to provide payment of, or referrals for, abortions not necessary to prevent the death of the mother.
The commissioner of insurance is hereby directed to produce a standardized claim form to be utilized by all health insurance companies licensed to do business in the commonwealth for billing purposes.
Said form shall be made available to said companies no later than July first, nineteen hundred and ninety-three.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2010–2010 · leading case: Massachusetts Ass'n of Health Plans v. Murphy, 27 Mass. L. Rptr. 68 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2010).
Massachusetts Ass'n of Health Plans v. Murphy, 27 Mass. L. Rptr. 68 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2010). “08, promulgated under the authority of G.L.c. 176G, §17, provided that “(e]ach HMO shall submit proposed rates and benefits, or changes thereof, on or before their effective dates and at least at the beginning of each calendar year.”
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