The Senate has plans to vote next week on legislation aimed at protecting access to health care records by allowing insured individuals to request suppression of summary of payment forms for specific services procedures.
The bill (S 2138) requires the Division of Insurance to develop a common summary of payments form to be used by all insurers in Massachusetts and requires carriers to issue common forms at the member level. The division would also be required to define “sensitive health care services” that would not be identified on the common summary of payment form, according to a bill summary.
The Senate Ways and Means Committee approved the latest version of the bill on Thursday and the Senate agreed to put it on its agenda for Thursday, Feb. 25, with amendments due by Monday at 5 p.m. Sens. Karen Spilka, Jason Lewis and Michael Moore are sponsors of a previous version of the bill (S 557).
