An Act relative to insurer responsibility to the operating budgets of health care oversight entities

This bill requires healthcare entities - including hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and pharmacy benefit managers - to pay a surcharge toward funding two oversight bodies: the Health Policy Commission and the Center for Health Information and Analysis. The surcharge must be 30% to 40% of the state’s annual budget for these entities, minus revenues already collected from fees or federal funds. It specifies that payments must follow existing financial transfer rules (sections 64 and 66 of Chapter 118E) and cannot fall below established revenue thresholds. The bill directly affects covered healthcare providers and insurers by adding a new cost to their operating expenses.