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MA S1390

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2025

Primary Sponsor

Julian Cyr

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Origin

Senate

194th General Court

AI Summary

  • Establishes minimum payment rates for psychiatric collaborative care model services at or above Medicare Resource-Based Relative Value Scale physician fee schedule rates, with annual adjustments

  • Applies to MassHealth, the Group Insurance Commission, and all commercial insurers including accident/sickness policies, hospital service plans, medical service agreements, and HMOs

  • Specifies reimbursable CPT billing codes for the collaborative care model: 99492, 99493, 99494, and G2214

  • Defines the psychiatric collaborative care model as a team-based approach where primary care providers and care managers collaborate with psychiatric consultants to deliver integrated behavioral health services

  • Requires MassHealth to remove collaborative care billing codes from accountable care organization capitation rates and instead pay these services on a fee-for-service basis

Legislative Description

Relative to access to psychiatric collaborative care

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing

1/12/2026

Committee Referrals

Health Care Financing1/12/2026
Mental Health, Substance Abuse and Recovery2/27/2025

Full Bill Text

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