SENATE DOCKET, NO. 1345        FILED ON: 1/14/2009

SENATE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 840

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Relative to Primary Stroke Designation Hospitals.

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.   Not less than $100,000 be expended to oversee the operation and administration of the Massachusetts Primary Stroke Service Designation Hospital programs established by 105CMR (130.1400), provided that all funds shall be used for the purpose of collecting and analyzing data from all Primary Stroke Service designated hospitals in the Commonwealth and for a full time surveyor for the purpose of ensuring compliance with Primary Stroke Center designation criteria.