Chapter 175

Section 3C. The commissioner shall promulgate regulations, subject to the approval of the commissioner of medical assistance, defining ''qualified medical insurance'', ''qualified individual medical insurance'', ''qualified two-person family medical insurance'', and ''qualified f…

Section 4. (1) Before granting licenses or certificates of authority to a company to issue policies of insurance or annuity or pure endowment contracts, the commissioner shall be satisfied, by such examination as the commissioner may make and such evidence as the commissioner may…

Section 44. If any domestic company shall not commence to issue policies within one year after the date of its charter or of its certificate of organization, or if after it has commenced to issue policies it shall cease for the period of one year to make new insurance, its corpor…

Section 45. No domestic company shall establish an agency or appoint an agent or other person to solicit, negotiate, continue or renew contracts of insurance on lives, property or interests in, or annuity or pure endowment contracts with residents of, a state, district or territo…

Section 46. When any domestic company becomes insolvent, or is unable to pay in full its liabilities as set forth in sections ten, eleven and twelve, claims for unpaid losses under its policies, other than life or endowment policies or annuity or pure endowment contracts, shall, …

Section 46A. Except as otherwise provided in section 180F, when any domestic company which has insured the payment of the compensation provided for by chapter one hundred and fifty-two becomes insolvent, or is unable to pay in full its liabilities as set forth in sections ten and…

Section 46B. Every domestic company incorporated after September first, nineteen hundred and twenty-three, shall, within thirty days after its incorporation, file with the commissioner a copy of its by-laws and amendments thereto, if any, certified under its corporate seal by its…

Section 47. Companies may be incorporated under and subject to the provisions of this chapter for the following purposes:— First, To insure against loss or damage to property by fire, smoke, smudge, lightning and other electrical disturbances, collision, collapse, fall, wind, tor…

Section 47A. A domestic insurance company may, notwithstanding any limitation otherwise applicable, and provided it maintains books and records which account for such business, engage directly in any of the following businesses: (a) rendering investment advice; (b) rendering serv…

Section 47AA. (a) As used in this section the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Actuary'', a person who is a member of American Academy of Actuaries and meets the academy's professional qualification standards fo…

Section 47AAA. (a) A policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 111M, shall provide coverage for prescribed, ordered or dispensed opioid ant…

Section 47B. (a) An individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section 108, which provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance, and a group blanket or general policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section 110, which …

Section 47BB. An individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued under section 108 that provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance and any group blanket or general policy of accident and sickness insurance issued under section 110 that provides hospital …

Section 47BBB. A policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 111M, shall provide coverage for the provision of services by a recovery coach l…

Section 47C. Any blanket or general policy of insurance described in subdivision (A), (C), or (D) of section one hundred and ten which provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance, which provides for dependent coverage, and which is delivered or issued for delivery or…

[There is no 175:47CC.]

Section 47CCC. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Brand name drug'', a drug that is: (i) produced or distributed pursuant to an original new drug application approved under 21 U.S.C. …

Section 47D. Any blanket or general policy of insurance, except a blanket or general policy of insurance which provides supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, described in subdivision (A), (C) or (D) of section one hundred and ten which provides hospita…

Section 47DD. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth that provides medical expense coverage for cancer chemotherapy treatment shall provide coverage for prescribed, orally administered anticancer medi…

Section 47E. Any blanket or general policy of insurance described in subdivision (A), (C), or (D) of section one hundred and ten which is issued or subsequently renewed by agreement between the insurer and the policyholder, within or without the commonwealth, during the period th…

Section 47EE. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 118M, shall provide coverage for abuse deterrent opioid drug products listed on…

Section 47F. Any blanket or general policy of insurance, except a blanket or general policy of insurance which provides supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, described in subdivision (A), (C) or (D) of section one hundred and ten which provides hospita…

Section 47FF. For the purposes of this section the term ''substance abuse treatment'' shall include: early intervention services for substance use disorder treatment; a substance use disorder evaluation, as defined in section 511/2 of chapter 111; outpatient services including me…

Section 47G. Any blanket or general policy of insurance described in subdivision (A), (C), or (D) of section one hundred and ten which is issued or subsequently renewed by agreement between the insurer and the policyholder, within or without the commonwealth, during the period wi…

Section 47GG. For the purposes of this section the following terms shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:— ''Acute treatment services'', 24–hour medically supervised addiction treatment for adults or adolescents provided in a medically …

Section 47H. Any blanket or general policy of insurance, except a blanket or general policy of insurance which provides supplemental coverage to medicare or other governmental programs, described in subdivisions (A), (C) or (D) of section one hundred and ten which provides hospit…

Section 47I. Any individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred and eight, and any group blanket policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred and ten, shall provide coverage for nonprescription enter…

Section 47II. The following shall provide coverage for medical or drug treatments to correct or repair disturbances of body composition caused by HIV associated lipodystrophy syndrome including, but not limited to, reconstructive surgery, such as suction assisted lipectomy, other…

Section 47J. The commissioner of insurance is hereby directed to produce a standardized claim form to be utilized by all health insurance companies licensed to do business in the commonwealth for billing purposes. Said form shall be made available to said companies no later than …

Section 47JJ. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 111M, shall provide, for any covered drug that is a narcotic substance containe…

Section 47K. No individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred and eight which provides coverage for prescription drugs, nor any group blanket policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred and ten whi…

Section 47KK. (a) A policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth, which is considered creditable coverage under section 1 of chapter 111M, shall develop a plan to provide adequate coverage and access to a broad…

Section 47L. The commissioner shall establish a panel of six medical experts to review off-label uses, so-called, for prescription drugs for the treatment of cancer not included in any of the standard reference compendia or in the medical literature and to advise said commissione…

Section 47LL. (a) An individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued under section 108 that provides benefits for hospital expenses and surgical expenses and any group blanket policy of accident and sickness insurance issued under section 110 that provides benefits fo…

Section 47MM. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings:- ''Behavioral health services'', care and services for the evaluation, diagnosis, treatment or management of patients with me…

Section 47N. An individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section 108 which provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance, except policies providing supplemental coverage to Medicare or other governmental programs, and any group blanket po…

Section 47NN. Any policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within or without the commonwealth shall provide coverage for treatment of pediatric autoimmune neuropsychiatric disorders associated with streptococcal infections and ped…

Section 47O. No individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued or renewed pursuant to section one hundred and eight, which provides coverage for prescription drugs, nor any group blanket policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred…

Section 47P. The commissioner shall establish an eleven member advisory panel to advise the commissioner on whether off-label uses for HIV/AIDS treatment not included in any of the standard reference compendia or in the medical literature are medically appropriate. The panel shal…

Section 47PP. A policy, contract, agreement, plan or certificate of insurance issued, delivered or renewed within the commonwealth that provides coverage for prescription eye drops shall provide coverage for refills of prescription eye drops in accordance with the Medicare Part D…

Section 47Q. All individual or group accident and health insurance policies and health service contracts delivered, issued or renewed by an insurer or nonprofit health service corporation which provide benefits to individual subscribers and members within the commonwealth or to a…

Section 47QQ. (a) For the purposes of this section, ''psychiatric collaborative care model'' shall mean the evidence-based, integrated behavioral health service delivery method in which a primary care team consisting of a primary care provider and a care manager provides structur…

Section 47R. Any individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred and eight, and any group blanket policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred and ten, shall provide coverage for a bone marrow transpl…

Section 47RR. An individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued under section 108 that provides hospital expense and surgical expense insurance or a group blanket or general policy of accident and sickness insurance issued under section 110 that provides hospital exp…

Section 47S. Any individual policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred and eight, and any group blanket policy of accident and sickness insurance issued pursuant to section one hundred and ten, shall provide coverage for licensed hospice serv…

Section 47SS. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Community-based acute treatment'', 24–hour clinically managed mental health diversionary or step-down services for children a…

Section 47T. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: ''Prosthesis'', an artificial appliance used to replace a lost natural structure; provided, however, that prosthesis shall include, but not be limited to, artificial arms, le…

Section 47TT. (a) For the purpose of this section, the following words shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly requires otherwise: ''Licensed mental health professional,'' a licensed physician who specializes in the practice of psychiatry, a licensed psycholo…

Section 47U. (a) As used in this section, the following words shall have the following meanings: ''Attending physician'', the emergency physician or consultant physician who actively treats the emergency medical condition of an insured at an emergency facility. ''Emergency medica…