An Act relative to health care non-discrimination

This bill amends Massachusetts health care laws to regulate how insurance carriers set up alternative payment arrangements with medical providers. It requires carriers to base these financial agreements on patient population characteristics like age and health needs rather than on the specific prices or historical spending of individual providers. The legislation also mandates that carriers report data on these arrangements to a state center for verification and defines alternative payment arrangements as contracts where payment is tied to projected medical expenses for a group of people. Violations of these new rules would be treated as violations of the state's consumer protection laws.