Chapter 224, An Act Improving the Quality of Health Care and Controlling Costs by Reforming Health Systems and Payments
1. Procedural History and Bill Versions
- S2400
- Aggregated Bill History (Including amendment history)
- Other versions:
- Bills Combined and Incorporated into H4070
- Governor Bill (H1849)
- Section by Section Summary of Chapter 224
2. Committee Documents
3. Floor Documents and Conference Committee Materials
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Massachusetts
- HCR Final Summary
- Chapter 224 Summary
- UMass. Medical School: Chapter 224 of the Acts of 2012: Implications for MassHealth
4. Executive Action Documents
5. Press Reports (links only)
- The Boston Globe: Mass. lawmakers pass healthcare cost-control bill By: Chelsea Conaboy and Liz Kowalczzyk
- Forbes: Massachusetts Moves Toward Health-Care Price Controls. Is America Next? By: Avik Roy
- State House News Service: HEALTH CARE COST CONTROL BILLS HEAD TO NEGOTIATING TABLE By: Michael Norton, JUNE 14, 2012
- State House News Service: STATE CAPITOL BRIEFS – LUNCH EDITION – THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012
- State House News Service: HOUSE SESSION – TUESDAY, JULY 31, 2012
- Wicked Local: Six years after health care access law, Patrick signs bill tackling rising costs By: Matt Murphy, Michael Norton, and Colleen Quinn