{"data":{"id":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-176o-11","jurisdiction":"us-ma","citation":"Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 176O, § 11","heading":"Rights of health benefit plans to include as providers religious non-medical providers","body":"Section 11. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to restrict or limit the rights of health benefit plans to include as providers religious non-medical providers, require such health benefit plans to utilize medically based eligibility standards or criteria in deciding provider status for religious non-medical providers, use medical professionals or criteria to decide insured access to religious non-medical providers, utilize medical professionals or criteria in making decisions in internal appeals from decisions denying or limiting coverage or care by religious non-medical providers, compel an insured to undergo a medical examination or test as a condition of receiving coverage for treatment by a religious non-medical provider, or require such health benefit plans to exclude religious non-medical providers because they do not provide medical or other data otherwise required, if such data is inconsistent with the religious non-medical treatment or nursing care provided by the provider.","path":["Part I","Title XXII","Chapter 176O"],"source_url":"https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXXII/Chapter176O/Section11","current_through":"amendments passed before May 31, 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T05:24:18Z","sha256":"b49f12f21be87626fa2b81d6a7aeeafa7c32522bf9b8d4520a3871d31d7e64d5","source_id":"us-ma","stale":false,"prev":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-176o-10","next":"us-ma/mass.-gen.-laws-ch.-176o-12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}