Places in statute eligibility criteria for elderly and/or disabled special status immigrant for the MassHealth Essential program.

Expands MassHealth CHIP eligibility for children from 200% of the Federal Poverty Level to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level.

Allows for higher Medicaid reimbursement rates to hospitals that meet certain quality standards and performance benchmarks.

States that MassHealth must provide public hearing and notice before restricting eligibility or benefits.

Expands employee eligibility for participation in the Insurance Partnership Program to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level. • Ensures that Insurance Partnership subsidies are consistent with those provided under the Commonwealth Care program. • Specifies that self-employed individuals enrolled in the Insurance Partnership Program are eligible for employee subsidies only.

Contains supplemental spending of $15.45 million related to health reform implementation, including public health, and $3 million for outreach and enrollment grants.

Expands MassHealth eligibility for children up to 300% of the Federal Poverty Level, increased from the previous 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. • Prevents MassHealth from establishing disability criteria for determining eligibility that is more restrictive than the federal Social Security standards. • Establishes MassHealth eligibility standards for people with HIV at 200% of the Federal Poverty Level. • Requires the Office of Medicaid to provide statements of coverage to enrollees and verify coverage to the commissioner of revenue.

Requires the Office of Medicaid to submit a report to the legislature on the previous year's activities of the Medical Care Advisory Committee.

Establishes the procedure for implementation of the individual mandate. Qualifying individuals for whom "creditable coverage" is deemed affordable must have "creditable coverage" in place. Individuals must include information about health insurance status on their tax forms. Failure to meet the insurance requirement will result in a penalty, assessed by the department of revenue. All penalties will be deposited in the Commonwealth Care Trust Fund that will contribute to state subsidies for the Commonwealth Care program. • Creates a penalty for non-compliance with the individual mandate as equal to 50% of the lowest premium available for each month the individual did not have creditable insurance, as determined by the Connector.

Authorizes the commissioner of revenue to establish regulations to carry out the individual mandate.