Bill Text: MA S1084 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: Expedite insurance coverage for new employees of the Commonwealth
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-24 - Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Senate Committee On Ways and Means [S1084 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S1084-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Patricia D. Jehlen
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To the
Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the passage of the accompanying bill:
An Act to Expedite Insurance Coverage for New Employees of the Commonwealth .
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PETITION OF:
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Name: |
District/Address: |
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Patricia D. Jehlen |
Second Middlesex |
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Martha M. Walz |
8th Suffolk |
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Kathi-Anne Reinstein |
16th Suffolk |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act to Expedite Insurance Coverage for New Employees of the
Commonwealth .
Be
it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court
assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 32A of the General is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 24. Notwithstanding any other general or special law or rule or regulation to the contrary, new employees who are eligible for coverage and employees newly-eligible for coverage shall, upon enrollment in a health insurance plan offered by the commission, be immediately eligible for the benefits of such coverage. The commission shall not make any rules or regulations or otherwise require a waiting period for benefits coverage.
