{"id":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-104","kind":"context","level":"sector-regulator","jurisdiction":"Massachusetts; Division of Insurance","state":"MA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","eco":"","issuer":"Gary D. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance","authority":"M.G.L. c. 26, § 8A","instrument":"Bulletin 2021-08","title":"Responding to COVID-19 Risks Following End of State of Emergency","dateIssued":"2021-08-31","effective":"2021-08-31","end":"Replaces Bulletins 2020-02, 2020-06, 2020-07, 2020-10, 2020-16, 2020-23, 2020-25, 2020-32, 2021-01 and 2021-03; in force through the public health emergency","startDate":"2021-08-31","endDate":"2021-09-30","quarters":["2021Q3"],"types":["HC"],"addressees":["all commercial health insurers, Blue Cross and Blue Shield, HMOs and the Group Insurance Commission"],"clause":"The state of emergency declared on March 10, 2020 ended as of June 15, 2021. As a result, many of the public health mandates that had been required since March of 2020 have been eliminated or modified. Please note that although the state of emergency has ended and the risk of COVID-19 transmission is reduced, it has not been eliminated. The Division expects that Carriers will enable [continued access to COVID-19 testing, treatment and vaccination]... Carriers shall continue to cover COVID-19 testing, which shall include testing, without cost-sharing, [for individuals with symptoms or exposure]","enforcement":"M.G.L. c. 176D; c. 175","functions":["IN health carriers (testing coverage without cost-sharing in Q3 2021)","CB payers of Massachusetts providers","WF employee testing"],"notes":"A third-quarter 2021 instrument confirming that the Massachusetts insurance regulator\u0027s COVID-19 coverage mandates continued after the state of emergency ended June 15, 2021, under the public health emergency declared May 28, 2021.","sourceUrl":"https://www.mass.gov/doc/bulletin-2021-08-responding-to-covid-19-risks-following-end-of-state-of-emergency-issued-august-31-2021/download","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":120356,"grade":"primary","character":"context","description":"","collection":"AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING","url":"/library/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-104","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-104","citation":"Gary D. Anderson, Commissioner of Insurance, Bulletin 2021-08 (Aug. 31, 2021) (Ex. AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-104)","stateName":"Massachusetts","related":["AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-082","AGY-ST-INSURANCE-BANKING-105"]}