HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 177        FILED ON: 1/7/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 540

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act relative to assisted living residencies..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of any general or special law, rule or regulation to the contrary, a resident shall have a physician’s assessment completed on an annual basis and upon the identification of a significant change in the condition of the resident.