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H1415 • 2025

An Act to protect qualified medicare beneficiaries from improper billing

An Act to protect qualified medicare beneficiaries from improper billing

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Sponsor
Steven Ultrino
Last action
2026-03-19
Official status
Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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An Act to protect qualified medicare beneficiaries from improper billing

An Act to protect qualified medicare beneficiaries from improper billing By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

  • An Act to protect qualified medicare beneficiaries from improper billing By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
  • 1415) of Steven Ultrino for legislation to protect qualified medicare beneficiaries from improper billing.
  • Health Care Financing.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-19 House

    Reporting date extended to Monday, June 15, 2026

  2. 2025-09-15 House

    Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026

  3. 2025-06-24 Joint

    Hearing scheduled for 07/01/2025 from 01:00 PM-03:30 PM in Gardner Auditorium

  4. 2025-02-27 House

    Referred to the committee on Health Care Financing

  5. 2025-02-27 Senate

    Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act to protect qualified medicare beneficiaries from improper billing
By Representative Ultrino of Malden, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 1415) of Steven Ultrino for legislation to protect qualified medicare beneficiaries from improper billing. Health Care Financing.

Current Bill Text

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Bill H.1415

Chapter 118E of the General Laws is hereby amended by inserting the following new section after section 25A:-

Section 25B. (a) All Medicare, Medicare Advantage, and MassHealth providers and suppliers must not bill Medicare beneficiaries in the Qualified Medicare Beneficiary, also known as QMB, eligibility group for Medicare Part A or Part B cost-sharing pursuant to federal and state law.

(b) Providers who unlawfully bill Medicare beneficiaries in the QMB eligibility group for Medicare cost-sharing including deductibles, co-pays, or co-insurance shall be subject to sanctions pursuant to regulations promulgated by the division within 90 days of this section taking effect. Such sanctions may include but are not limited to monetary fines and shall take account of mitigating circumstances such as clerical errors and good faith mistakes.

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