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2006 Massachusetts Code - CHAPTER 118E. — DIVISION OF MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.
- Section 1. Division of medical assistance; administrationof program.
- Section 2. Commissioner of medical assistance; appointment;qualifications; salary.
- Section 3. Deputy commissioner; assistants; qualifications;salary; vacancies.
- Section 4. General counsel.
- Section 5. Regional and local offices.
- Section 6. Medical care advisory committee; members; staff.
- Section 7. Powers.
- Section 8. Definitions.
- Section 9. Medicaid; eligibility.
- Section 9A. MassHealth; beneficiaries; eligibility; payment; informationapplications.
- Section 9B. Budget neutrality finding; report of projected expenditures;appropriations.
- Section 9C. Insurance reimbursement; employee subsidy program; subsidyprogram for self-employed persons; employer health care incentive program;amount of payments; eligibility.
- Section 10. Medical care and assistance for pregnant women.
- Section 10A. Required coverage for prenatal care — childbirthand postpartum care.
- Section 11. Federal funding.
- Section 12. Policies; procedures; rules and regulations; contracts.
- Section 13. Rates; approval; review.
- Section 13A. Non-acute hospitals; rates and terms of payment.
- Section 14. Nursing home negotiated rate contracts.
- Section 14A. Hospital care for nursing home residents;reimbursement for absence from nursing home.
- Section 15. Medicaid benefits; rules and regulations; managedcare; personal expenses.
- Section 16. Disabled persons ineligible for Social SecurityMedical benefits; persons unemployed due to illness or disability.
- Section 16A. Medical care and assistance for disabled children.
- Section 16B. Pharmacy assistance; pilot program.
- Section 16C. Child health insurance program; medical benefits; costs;eligibility.
- Section 17. Multiple source drugs; reimbursement.
- Section 18. Purchase of medical insurance for persons eligiblefor assistance.
- Section 19. Approval of services.
- Section 20. Application or reapplication; forms.
- Section 21. Eligibility determination; time; notice toapplicant.
- Section 21A. Eligibility of institutionalized spouse; notice.
- Section 22. Third party payments; repayment; assignment;subrogation.
- Section 23. Subrogation rights; health insurance benefits;notice of benefits received; garnishment of wages.
- Section 23A. Disclosure of financial information; penalty.
- Section 24. Repealed — 1996, 450, Sec. 157.
- Section 25. Eligibility for benefits; exemptions;recipient cost sharing.
- Section 26. Identification cards.
- Section 27. Reconsideration or redetermination of eligibility.
- Section 28. Assignment or transfer of property at lessthan fair market value.
- Section 29. Notice of property transfers.
- Section 30. Date of application; benefits paid for threemonths prior to application date.
- Section 31. Recovery of benefits from decedent's estate;contribution from relatives; sale of property.
- Section 32. Provision of death certificate and probate petitionto division; liability of estate beneficiaries; claims against estate.
- Section 32A. Long-term care trust fund.
- Section 33. Long-term care insurance; claims by division under Sec. 31 or32.
- Section 34. Liens or encumbrances; recording fee.
- Section 35. Unauthorized claims; certification ofservices reimbursed under Title XVIII of theSocial Security Act.
- Section 36. Eligible providers; responsibility for overpayments.
- Section 37. Distribution of rules and regulations to providers;administrative sanctions.
- Section 38. Submission of bills; verification; appealprocedures; notice and determination of overpayment; salaried hospitalemployees.
- Section 39. False representations; penalties.
- Section 40. False statements or representations; providers;penalties; violations by non-providers.
- Section 41. Bribes or rebates in exchange for purchase of goods orservices; discounts properly disclosed.
- Section 42. Excessive charges; penalties.
- Section 43. Consideration as precondition or guaranteeof admission to hospital or nursing facility; penalties.
- Section 44. Civil damages; statute of limitations.
- Section 45. Filing in Suffolk County.
- Section 46. Available remedies.
- Section 46A. Violations by vendors; ineligibility to participate.
- Section 47. Applicant grievances; time for appeal;hearing; rehearing.
- Section 48. Board of hearings.
- Section 49. Disclosure of applicant information.
- Section 50. Administrative functions; contracts with federal agencies.
- Section 51. Utilization review; data processing andcollection procedures.
- Section 52. Standards and conditions of participation;providers; coordination of services.
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