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MA H1128

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Marjorie Decker

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Origin

House of Representatives

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Prohibits health insurance carriers and utilization review organizations from imposing prior authorization, step therapy, or other protocols that restrict or delay dispensing of FDA-approved drugs for serious mental illness

  • Applies the same restrictions to MassHealth (Medicaid) and its contracted managed care entities

  • Defines "serious mental illness" to include bipolar disorders, childhood/adolescent depression, major depressive disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, paranoid and psychotic disorders, schizo-affective disorders, schizophrenia, and PTSD

  • Amends both Chapter 176O (commercial insurance regulation) and Chapter 118E (MassHealth) of Massachusetts General Laws

Legislative Description

Preserving access to treatment for patients with serious mental illnesses

Last Action

Accompanied a new draft, see H4892

1/8/2026

Committee Referrals

Financial Services2/27/2025

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