Health Reform/Individual Mandate (New Section)
Dealing with Enforcement of, and the Exemptions from the Individual Mandate of Chapter 58 of the Acts of 2006.
Be sure to check out the Commonwealth Care Section of the website as well the Health Safety Net Section for other Health Reform developments.
Resources in this Category
ALL Agency Rules & Procedures External Resources Policy Advocacy Practice Materials Other
| Title | Date  | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | MLRI Comments on Proposed Rules 956 CMR 6.00: on Health Reform Affordability and the Individual Mandate | 2/11/2008 | |
 | Connector affordability & eligibility regulations-Feb. 4, 2008 public hearing Notice from the Connector of a public hearing on Feb 4, 2008 on proposed changes to the 6.00 affordability regulations and the 3.00 eligibility & hearing regulations. | 1/16/2008 | |
| | MLRI comments on proposed 2008 tax penalty | 1/16/2008 | |
| | Proposed individual mandate tax penalties for 2008 Tax penalties proposed for tax year 2008 for those uninsured adults with access to affordable insurance. | 1/16/2008 | |
| | Proposed rules on individual mandate tax penalty Dept. of Revenue notice of public hearing on Feb. 4, 2008 on proposed regulations on individual mandate tax penalty with link to text of proposed rules | 1/16/2008 | |
 | Connector Authority Final Regulations Regulations on Affordability, Individual Mandate, Commonwealth Care and Commonwealth Choice, etc. Select "Health Reform" tab | 10/12/2007 | |
| | Connector Affordability Worksheet English The Affordability worksheet is used to determine whether there is an affordable health insurance product available to an individual or household. Persons determined to have no affordable coverage are exempt from the Individual Mandate. | 10/10/2007 | |
| | Connector Affordability Worksheet in Spanish | 10/10/2007 | |
| | Connector Certificate of Exemption Application (Individual Mandate) For 2007 tax year, this needs to be filed by December 1, 2007. The form must be submitted by December 1 to be considered. However, someone who doesn’t submit the form can still receive a hardship exemption from the mandate by reporting similar information on their state tax return. In fact, the Connector prefers that people use the retrospective tax-return route, rather than apply in advance for an exemption. | 10/10/2007 | |
| | Connector Hardship Q&A Hardship criteria explained for the Individual Mandate | 10/10/2007 | |
| | Connector Website Containing Information on Individual Mandate/Affordability/Waiver etc. Connector Website linking to Individual Mandate materials | 10/10/2007 | |
| | DOR Health Reform Pages Including Schedule HC, and other related DOR material. Because enforcement of the Individual Mandate occurs through tax filing, the Department of Revenue is now in the Health Reform enforcement business. | 10/10/2007 | |
| | Health Policies Affecting Victims of Domestic Violence and Separated Low Income Spouses and Parents | 10/9/2007 | |
| | Connector Representative Form | 9/18/2007 | |
| | Comments on Proposed Regulations on Commonwealth Care and Affordability Schedule for Individual Mandate Legal Services comments on "Eligilibility and Hearing Process for Commonwealth Care" as well as "Affordability Schedule" for Chapter 58 individual mandate generally | 6/4/2007 | |
| | MLRI Comments on Young Adult Insurance Plans Raising concerns about annual caps set at too low level | 6/4/2007 | |
| | Dependents' coverage extended to older children This Dept. of Insurance Bulletin implements a provision of the 2006 health reform law requiring carriers who offer dependent coverage to continue coverage until the earlier of the child's 26th birthday or 2 years after the child loses dependent status under federal tax rules. | 2/14/2007 | |
| | Health Insurance Connector Website This is a link to the website of the Health Insurance Connector, the new entity created to administer various provisions of the new health reform law including the new subsidized insurance program, Commonwealth Care. | 2/14/2007 | |
| | Summary of MassHealth FY 2007 Budget and Health Reform | 8/2/2006 | |
 | Massachusetts Health Reform -Summary of chapter 58 Updated summary of key provisions in the health reform law enacted in April 2006 | 5/22/2006 | |
| | Section by Section Summary of Health Reform Bill A section by section summary of the April 4, 2006 health reform bill (H # 4580)prepared by the Joint Committee on Health Care Financing. | 4/5/2006 | |
