Section 6A:16AA - [Multiple versions] Statewide program to provide remote consultations to health care providers who are providing care for persons over age of 17 experiencing chronic pain(a) Subject to appropriation, the executive office of health and human services shall develop and implement a statewide program to provide remote consultations not less than 5 days a week to primary care practices, nurse practitioners and other health care providers who are providing care for persons who are over the age of 17 and are experiencing chronic pain; provided, however, that the remote consultations shall include, but not be limited to, support for screening, diagnosis, pain management strategies, pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments and referrals for chronic pain.(b) Expenditures by the executive office of health and human services that are for the program and related to services provided on behalf of commercially-insured clients may be assessed by the secretary of health and human services on surcharge payors, as defined in section 64 of chapter 118E.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 6A, § 16AA
Added by Acts 2018, c. 208,§ 3, eff. 8/9/2018.