Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley says she plans to file legislation that would prohibit charities from paying salaries to members of their boards of directors without the approval of her office, The Associated Press reports.
Coakley made the announcement Thursday while releasing a report that she said found no justification for compensation paid to directors of the state’s four largest nonprofit health insurance companies.
The attorney general has been sharply critical of those companies for paying five-figure salaries to board members. Since her review began, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts and Fallon Community Health Plan announced they were suspending compensation for board members. But Harvard Pilgrim and Tufts Health Plan said they would continue the practice.
Tufts Health Plan said it strongly disagreed with Coakley’s findings. Harvard Pilgrim did not immediately return a call seeking comment.