Text of
legislation filed by MMS for the 2015-16 session of the Massachusetts
Legislature:
Section 10 CHAPTER
176O, as most recently amended by Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2012 is hereby
amended by adding the following paragraph at the end thereof:
(d) No carrier or its
representatives may initiate communications with its insured members or their
families regarding end of life treatment options or emergency code status responses
for a patient without that patient’s treating physician’s knowledge or presence.
(e) No accountable care
organization or any other entity that contracts to provide health care services
to patients on a contractual basis which requires Division of Insurance
certification may initiate communications with its patients or their families
regarding end of life treatment options or emergency code status responses for
a patient without that patient’s treating physician’s knowledge or
presence.
