Bill Text: MA S591 | 2009-2010 | 186th General Court | Introduced
Bill Title: For legislation relative to mandatory prescription drug coverage.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-01-20 - Public Hearing date 5/6 at 1:00 PM in Hearing Room A1 [S591 Detail]
Download: Massachusetts-2009-S591-Introduced.html
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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PRESENTED BY:
Richard R. Tisei
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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 Relative to Mandatory Prescription Drug Coverage.
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PETITION OF:
Name: |
District/Address: |
Richard R. Tisei |
Middlesex and Essex |
Scott P. Brown |
Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex |
The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts
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In the Year Two Thousand and Nine
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An Act Relative to Mandatory Prescription Drug Coverage.
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. “Section 1 of chapter 111L, as added by section 12 of chapter 58 of the acts of 2006, is hereby amended by inserting at the end of the definition of the term “Creditable coverage” the following words:-
‘Minimum creditable coverage, as defined by the board under the authority granted herein, shall not require, in the case of individuals subject to section 2 of chapter 58 of the acts of 2006, coverage for prescription drugs.”