An Act relative to premium impact statements

This bill requires Massachusetts health insurance and healthcare agencies to analyze how proposed regulations might affect insurance premiums before adopting them. Specifically, agencies must create a "premium impact statement" assessing potential rate changes and allow public input on this analysis before finalizing rules. Additionally, legislative committees cannot advance healthcare or insurance bills until the Center for Health Information and Analysis provides a premium impact statement for that legislation. The law directly affects state agencies creating health regulations and legislative committees reviewing health-related bills.