An Act relative to the calculation of labor rates paid by insurance companies to auto repairers in the Commonwealth

This bill establishes a new process for insurance companies to determine the minimum hourly labor rates they must pay to auto repair shops in Massachusetts. Under the new rules, a repair shop can set its own rate by submitting a specific number of recent, customer-paid repair orders, which the insurer must then accept unless they can prove the rate is inaccurate. The bill also clarifies that these newly set labor rates cannot be used by the state to calculate overall insurance cost-control measures. Finally, it requires the insurance commissioner to create regulations to enforce these changes within 90 days of the law's passage.