{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-176b-4q","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176B, § 4Q","heading":"Coverage for licensed hospice services","body":"Section 4Q. Any subscription certificate under an individual or group medical service agreement that shall be delivered, issued or renewed in the commonwealth shall provide as a benefit for all individual subscribers or members within the commonwealth and all group members having a principal place of employment within the commonwealth, coverage for licensed hospice services to terminally ill patients with a life expectancy of six months or less, as set forth and regulated by the provisions of section fifty-seven D of chapter one hundred and eleven and as authorized by a duly licensed physician.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 176B"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter176B/Section4Q","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:14Z","sha256":"d6fe8fc5fb6998dad45853cee196d38d689e44701d1630979f9ee32e4222a39a","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-176b-4p","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-176b-4r"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}